Pool Corporation (POOL)
Consumer Discretionary · Pool and outdoor living wholesale distribution
The world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies and equipment, generating recurring revenue from 14+ million pools through maintenance, chemicals, and equipment sales to builders, service contractors, and retailers.
What Pool Corporation does
Pool Corporation is the world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products, operating 456 sales centers across North America, Europe, and Australia. The company serves pool builders, pool service companies, retail stores, commercial pool operators, and landscape contractors through five distribution networks (SCP, Superior, Horizon, NPT, and Sun Wholesale). Beyond pools, it is a leading distributor of irrigation, landscape maintenance, hardscapes, tile, and stone products, serving a market of over 14 million swimming pools and hot tubs in the United States. The business benefits from recurring revenue generated by maintenance, repair, and chemical needs of the installed pool base, supplemented by remodeling, upgrades, and new construction activity.
Themes: ["Pool maintenance and chemicals","Outdoor living / home entertainment","Landscape and irrigation supplies","Home renovation and improvement","Energy-efficient pool products"]
Fundamentals
- Price$207.97 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$7.4B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-32.6% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E18.23 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+7.6% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+29.7% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+32.5% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity1.10 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+1.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-5.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.05 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +2.5%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Sensitivity to housing market cycles and consumer discretionary spending; weakness in housing and higher interest rates can reduce new pool construction and remodeling demand","Reliance on distributor margins in a fragmented wholesale market with exposure to competitive pricing pressure","Weather and climate-related disruptions affecting pool maintenance demand and supply chain logistics across multiple geographies"]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.