Pool Valuation

Is POOL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

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  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of POOL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: POOL ($366.49) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($327.14)

Significantly Below Fair Value: POOL is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for POOL?

Key metric: As POOL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for POOL. This is calculated by dividing POOL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is POOL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio31.3x
EarningsUS$446.12m
Market CapUS$13.95b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does POOL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for POOL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average12.4x
GPC Genuine Parts
15.9x7.7%US$17.4b
LKQ LKQ
13.9x14.0%US$10.0b
AMRK A-Mark Precious Metals
11.7x19.9%US$689.5m
GCT GigaCloud Technology
8x22.3%US$1.0b
POOL Pool
31.3x6.2%US$13.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: POOL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x) compared to the peer average (12.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does POOL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Retail Distributors Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
POOL 31.3xIndustry Avg. 17.7xNo. of Companies38PE01632486480+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: POOL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x) compared to the Global Retail Distributors industry average (17.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is POOL's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

POOL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio31.3x
Fair PE Ratio16.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: POOL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst POOL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$366.49
US$382.40
+4.3%
9.0%US$450.00US$335.00n/a10
Nov ’25US$363.06
US$382.40
+5.3%
9.0%US$450.00US$335.00n/a10
Oct ’25US$375.61
US$357.20
-4.9%
9.9%US$415.00US$310.00n/a10
Sep ’25US$351.62
US$357.20
+1.6%
9.9%US$415.00US$310.00n/a10
Aug ’25US$365.56
US$357.20
-2.3%
9.9%US$415.00US$310.00n/a10
Jul ’25US$307.69
US$333.98
+8.5%
10.2%US$377.83US$290.00n/a11
Jun ’25US$363.55
US$388.62
+6.9%
8.1%US$428.00US$338.00n/a11
May ’25US$359.50
US$390.90
+8.7%
7.7%US$428.00US$338.00n/a12
Apr ’25US$401.30
US$394.37
-1.7%
6.9%US$436.00US$348.00n/a13
Mar ’25US$403.41
US$390.99
-3.1%
6.5%US$425.00US$348.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$377.08
US$383.82
+1.8%
8.4%US$432.00US$308.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$398.71
US$376.99
-5.4%
7.2%US$420.00US$308.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$357.64
US$366.40
+2.4%
9.9%US$420.00US$308.00n/a10
Nov ’24US$319.28
US$366.40
+14.8%
9.9%US$420.00US$308.00US$363.0610
Oct ’24US$356.10
US$381.90
+7.2%
10.5%US$432.00US$315.00US$375.6110
Sep ’24US$368.18
US$381.90
+3.7%
10.5%US$432.00US$315.00US$351.6210
Aug ’24US$387.16
US$381.90
-1.4%
10.5%US$432.00US$315.00US$365.5610
Jul ’24US$374.64
US$382.50
+2.1%
10.9%US$445.00US$315.00US$307.6910
Jun ’24US$313.02
US$382.50
+22.2%
10.9%US$445.00US$315.00US$363.5510
May ’24US$346.78
US$384.50
+10.9%
10.2%US$445.00US$315.00US$359.5010
Apr ’24US$342.44
US$395.70
+15.6%
9.9%US$460.00US$320.00US$401.3010
Mar ’24US$348.55
US$394.33
+13.1%
10.4%US$460.00US$320.00US$403.419
Feb ’24US$398.14
US$359.80
-9.6%
11.4%US$420.00US$291.00US$377.0810
Jan ’24US$302.33
US$343.90
+13.7%
10.1%US$420.00US$291.00US$398.7110
Dec ’23US$338.13
US$349.78
+3.4%
9.0%US$420.00US$305.00US$357.649
Nov ’23US$305.73
US$349.78
+14.4%
9.0%US$420.00US$305.00US$319.289

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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