What is Pool Corp (NASDAQ:POOL) earnings potential based on the new fundamentals?

Pool Corp is scheduled to announce its earnings today. The next financial report is expected on the 28th of April 2022. Consumer cyclical space may be getting hot again, let's check if Pool Corp is sending any bullish signals to investors. We will analyze why Pool Corp investors may still consider a stake in the business. We currently estimate Pool Corp as undervalued. The real value is approaching 478.17 per share.
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Macroaxis provides advice on Pool Corp to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on Pool Corp. Our recommendation engine determines the firm's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon.
Typically, a company's financial statements are the reports that show the financial position of the company. There are three main documents that fall into the category of financial statements. These documents include Pool income statement, its balance sheet, and the statement of cash flows. Potential Pool investors and stakeholders use financial statements to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although Pool investors may use each financial statement separately, they are all related. The changes in Pool's assets and liabilities, for example, are also reflected in the revenues and expenses that we see on Pool's income statement, which results in the company's gains or losses. Cash flows can provide more information regarding cash listed on a balance sheet, but not equivalent to net income shown on the income statement. Please read more on our technical analysis and fundamental analysis pages.
The goal of Pool fundamental analysis is to do accurate financial forecasts. There are several possible objectives to fundamental analysis, such as projecting of Pool performance into the future periods or doing a reasonable stock valuation. The intrinsic value of Pool shares is the value that is considered the true value of the share. If the intrinsic value of Pool is higher than its market price, buying is generally recommended. If it is equal to the market price, it is recommended to hold; and if it is less than the market price, then one should sell all shares Pool. Please read more on our fundamental analysis page.

How effective is Pool in utilizing its assets?

Pool Corporation reports assets on its Balance Sheet. It represents the amount of Pool resources that either has an existing economic value or will provide some form of benefits in the future. By effectively utilizing its assets, Pool aims to generate revenue, control costs, drive operational efficiency, and enhance profitability. Optimizing asset utilization helps maximize shareholder value and maintain a competitive position in the Distributors space. To get a better handle on how balance sheet or income statements item affect Pool volatility, please check the breakdown of all its fundamentals.

Are Pool Earnings Expected to grow?

The future earnings power of Pool involves the interaction of many company-specific, industry, and economic forces. Earnings estimates embody investors' opinions of Pool factors such as sales growth, product demand, competitive industry environment, profit margins, and cost controls. Pool stock prices adjust as these expectations change or are proven wrong. The main thing to remember is that equities with high expected earnings growth tend to underperform the market because it is usually difficult to meet the market's high expectations. Companies with low earnings expectations tend to do better than expected. Please use our latest analysis of Pool expected earnings.

And What about dividends?

A dividend is the distribution of a portion of Pool earnings, decided and managed by the company's board of directors and paid to a class of its shareholders. Note, announcements of dividend payouts are generally accompanied by a proportional increase or decrease in a company's stock price. Pool dividend payments follow a chronological order of events, and the associated dates are important to determine the shareholders who qualify for receiving the dividend payment. Pool one year expected dividend income is about USD2.8 per share.
Dividends Paid is expected to rise to about 175.8 M this year. Dividend Yield is expected to rise to 0.02 this year.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Dividends Paid167.5 M175.8 M
Dividend Yield 0.01  0.02 
Dividend Payout Ratio 0.32  0.45 
Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio 8.27  8.69 
Investing in dividend-paying stocks, such as Pool Corporation is one of the few strategies that are good for long-term investment. Ex-dividend dates are significant because investors in Pool must own a stock before its ex-dividend date to receive its next dividend.
This type of analysis is very useful when you want to generate a past dividend schedule and payout information for Pool. Then that information in the form of graph and calendar can be used to fully explain how Du Pont dividends can provide a real clue to its valuation.

Pool Gross Profit

Pool Gross Profit growth is one of the most critical measures in evaluating the company. The Gross Profit growth rate is calculated simply by comparing Pool previous period's values with its current period's values. Each time period you're measuring should be of equal lengths the increase or decrease, in a company's Gross Profit between two periods. Here we show Pool Gross Profit growth over the last 10 years. Please check Pool's gross profit and other fundamental indicators for more details.

A Deeper look at Pool

There are few distinct groups of Pool Corp stakehholders that the SEC considers insiders. Investors usually gain information through their work as corporate directors, officers, or employees. If these individuals share the information with a friend, family, or business partner and the person who receives the information exchanges stock in the company, he or shie is also an insider. Let's take a look at how the ownership of Pool Corp is distributed among investors.

Ownership Allocation

Pool Corp has a total of 40.09 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Pool Corp outstanding shares are owned by third-party entities. These institutional holders are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to secure positions in Pool Corp to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Pool Corp. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Pool Corp as this could imply that something significant has changed or about to change at the company. Note that regardless of who owns the company, if the true value of the entity is less than the market is willing to pay for it, you may not be able to generate positive returns over time.
Institutions
94.85%
Retail Investors2.05
Insiders3.1
Institutions94.85

Analysis of Pool Corp

The value at risk is down to -3.69 as of today.
As of the 21st of April, Pool Corp holds the risk adjusted performance of (0.07), and Coefficient Of Variation of (1,452). Compared to fundamental indicators, the technical analysis model allows you to check existing technical drivers of Pool Corp, as well as the relationship between them. Put it differently, you can use this information to find out if the company will indeed mirror its model of past market data, or the prices will eventually revert. We were able to break down and interpolate data for nineteen technical drivers for Pool Corp, which can be compared to its competitors. Please check Pool Corp variance, value at risk, as well as the relationship between the Value At Risk and skewness to decide if Pool Corp is priced some-what accurately, providing market reflects its current price of 427.19 per share. Given that Pool Corp has jensen alpha of (0.12), we recommend you to check out Pool Corp's recent market performance to make sure the company can sustain itself at a future point.

Our Final Takeaway

While some companies in the leisure industry are either recovering or due for a correction, Pool Corp may not be performing as strong as the other in terms of long-term growth potentials. While some stakeholders may not share our view we believe that the current risk-reward utility is not appealing enough to do any trading. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Pool Corp.

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