Pool Corporation
POOL Industrials Industrial Distribution
Pool Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.3 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 2.15%, EPS was flat, free cash flow fell 27.1% and total debt rose 9.01%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Pool Corporation (POOL) Altman Z-score
Pool Corporation's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 4.64, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.64 | (1.84) |
| FY2024 | 6.48 | (0.89) |
| FY2023 | 7.36 | 0.90 |
| FY2022 | 6.46 | (2.91) |
| FY2021 | 9.37 | (2.47) |
| FY2020 | 11.84 | 3.78 |
| FY2019 | 8.06 | 0.93 |
| FY2018 | 7.13 | (0.13) |
| FY2017 | 7.26 | 0.27 |
| FY2016 | 6.98 | 0.31 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.30 | — | 0.36 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.14 | — | 0.20 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.16 | — | 0.53 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 3.48 | — | 2.09 | |
| Sales / total assets | 1.46 | — | 1.46 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 4.64 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 4.02 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| WSO Watsco, Inc. compare | 9.6× |
| MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. compare | 5.3× |
| SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. compare | 4.7× |
| POOL Pool Corporation | 4.6× |
| XMTR Xometry, Inc. compare | 4.6× |
| CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare | 3.6× |
| DXPE DXP Enterprises, Inc. compare | 3.3× |
| QXO QXO, Inc. compare | 1.8× |
| DNOW DNOW Inc. compare | 1.3× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets