Are Pool Corporation (POOL) stocks a prudent buy?

Kevin Freeman

Pool Corporation [POOL] stock is trading at $242.8, up 2.44%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The POOL shares have gain 6.14% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.48%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Pool Corporation [NASDAQ: POOL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 15, 2025, when William Blair downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. On October 01, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets initiated with a Sector Weight rating. Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $344 on April 01, 2025. Loop Capital downgraded its rating to a Hold and raised its price target to $415 on January 08, 2024. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Equal Weight rating for this stock on December 19, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $400. In a note dated December 08, 2023, Deutsche Bank downgraded a Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $371 to $368.

Pool Corporation [POOL] stock has fluctuated between $226.10 and $374.74 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $314.75 within the next 12 months. Pool Corporation [NASDAQ: POOL] shares were valued at $242.8 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 29.63% based on the average POOL price forecast.

Analyzing the POOL fundamentals

Pool Corporation [NASDAQ:POOL] reported sales of 5.29B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.27%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.3% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.12, Equity is 0.32 and Total Capital is 0.21. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.01.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 236.29 points at the first support level, and at 229.77 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 247.31, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 251.81.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Pool Corporation’s Current Ratio is 2.57. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.87, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.18. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.71, the price to book ratio is 6.57 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.16.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Arvan Peter D, President/CEO, that happened on Dec 02 ’25 when 5000.0 shares were sold. Officer, PETER ARVAN completed a deal on Dec 02 ’25 to buy 5000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Sr VP, Sec & Chief Legal Off NEIL JENNIFER M sold 1223.0 shares on Mar 31 ’25.

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