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Pool Corporation · POOL · FY2024 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2025
Pool Corp: Maintenance Strength Offsets Weak New-Pool Market
The supplied analysis supports a measured view: maintenance demand, private-label chemistry, Pool 360 adoption, and share gains may provide resilience, but the flat new-pool outlook and macro, cost, and execution risks limit the strength of the growth case.
Reported Before market openNASDAQIndustrials
$6.27B market cap
80quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
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Consensus $0.89
EPS surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
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Consensus $961.0M
Revenue surprise
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Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
+1.0%
Event window
SPY move
-0.4%
Same window
Abnormal move
+1.4%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
2.9×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-7.0%
Up to 20 sessions
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What drove POOL's +1.0% move after FY2024 Q4 earnings?What changed in POOL's guidance and outlook in FY2024 Q4?Give me the bull and bear case for POOL after FY2024 Q4 earnings.
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What changed
The current analysis moves the focus from a weak construction market toward maintenance-led resilience, private-label chemistry, Pool 360 adoption, and modest share gains. Management also outlined continued footprint expansion, technology investment, selective M&A, and stable capital allocation.
Guidance delta
Management maintained guidance; the supplied analysis says 2025 sales are expected to be flat to low single-digit growth, with maintenance strength and modest share gains offsetting weak new-pool starts.
Key takeaways
- Management highlighted maintenance products, private-label chemicals, and Pool 360 as the main growth engines.
- The supplied analysis says new-pool construction is expected to be flat in 2025, increasing reliance on share gains and remodel activity.
- Capital allocation remains focused on sales-center expansion, technology, selective M&A, and shareholder returns.
Management priorities
- Open approximately ten additional Greenfield sales centers in 2025.
- Continue the rollout of enhanced Pool 360 tools and private-label chemistry.
- Invest in technology and supply-chain efficiencies while pursuing selective sales-center and technology acquisitions.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$169.03Current
$165Low
$265.94Average
$460High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 19, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Stephens & Co. | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 24, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Underperform | Underperform | Maintain | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 13, 2026 |
| CFRA | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Dec 23, 2025 |
| William Blair | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Loop Capital | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 25, 2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Dec 8, 2023 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Feb 13, 2023 |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jan 25, 2023 |
| Longbow Research | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Apr 19, 2022 |
| Sidoti & Co. | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 8, 2020 |
| Johnson Rice | Buy | Accumulate | Maintain | Jul 24, 2017 |
| Wunderlich Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 14, 2014 |
| Wunderlich | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 14, 2014 |
| Wedbush | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 17, 2012 |
| Morgan Keegan | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 17, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $169.03. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $165 | $169.12 | -2.4% | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Sam Reid | $185 | $175.76 | +9.4% | Sep 11, 2026 |
| D.A. Davidson | Garik Shmois | $210 | $188.24 | +24.2% | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $185 | $181.14 | +9.4% | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Analyst unavailable | $227 | $183.14 | +34.3% | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $189 | $183.33 | +11.8% | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $260 | $183.33 | +53.8% | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Stephens | Trey Grooms | $225 | $183.33 | +33.1% | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Andrew Carter | $235 | $219.47 | +39.0% | Jul 6, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $210 | $187.77 | +24.2% | May 11, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $240 | $229.14 | +42.0% | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Oppenheimer | Scott Schneeberger | $280 | $219.04 | +65.7% | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Andrew Carter | $232 | $221.62 | +37.3% | Feb 23, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $246 | $218.36 | +45.5% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Manthey | $300 | $218.36 | +77.5% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Sam Reid | $275 | $267.33 | +62.7% | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $310 | $258.46 | +83.4% | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $320 | $252.28 | +89.3% | Jan 12, 2026 |
| CFRA | Analyst unavailable | $304 | $232.3 | +79.8% | Dec 22, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Sam Reid | $250 | $240.24 | +47.9% | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Manthey | $345 | $300.01 | +104.1% | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $360 | $300.31 | +113.0% | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Andrew Carter | $300 | $291.59 | +77.5% | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Sam Reid | $300 | $291.59 | +77.5% | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Oppenheimer | Scott Schneeberger | $386 | $370.86 | +128.4% | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Andrew Carter | $335 | $377.33 | +98.2% | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | Susan Maklari | $415 | $377.33 | +145.5% | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Stephens | Trey Grooms | $400 | $377.33 | +136.6% | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Manthey | $408 | $364.68 | +141.4% | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Andrew Carter | $310 | $336.43 | +83.4% | Jul 18, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Scott Schneeberger | $356 | $310.74 | +110.6% | Jun 25, 2024 |
| Loop Capital Markets | Garik Shmois | $305 | $337.91 | +80.4% | Jun 25, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Manthey | $305 | $337.91 | +80.4% | Jun 25, 2024 |
| Stephens | Trey Grooms | $350 | $337.91 | +107.1% | Jun 25, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Manthey | $380 | $357.65 | +124.8% | May 29, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Scott Schneeberger | $436 | $414.62 | +157.9% | Mar 28, 2024 |
| Stephens | Trey Grooms | $340 | $299.2 | +101.1% | Oct 19, 2022 |
| Stephens | Analyst unavailable | $460 | $426.54 | +172.1% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Loop Capital Markets | Garik Shmois | $465 | $427.19 | +175.1% | Apr 22, 2022 |
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Snapshot as of publicationPool Corporation, established in 1993 and based in Covington, Louisiana, serves as a leading wholesale distributor of swimming pool essentials, outdoor living accessories, and related recreational merchandise. Operating extensively across the United States and globally, the company supported its diverse clientele through 410 sales centers spanning North America, Europe, and Australia as of March 2022. Its comprehensive product portfolio encompasses a broad array of upkeep items like chemicals, general provisions, and pool accouterments; components for servicing and replacing critical pool machinery such as purification systems, heating units, circulation pumps, and lighting fixtures; and structural elements including complete fiberglass pools, luxury spas, and comprehensive pre-packaged pool kits designed for both subterranean and elevated installations, encompassing structural walls, liners, support braces, and coping. Furthermore, Pool Corp.…
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-02-20T13:00:24.289748+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-19T16:30:47.649466+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-19T16:30:47.646720+00:00
Methodology
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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-19. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.