Pool Corporation (POOL) vs QXO, Inc. (QXO)

Pool Corporation and QXO, Inc. are both Industrial Distribution companies. QXO, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $11.8B against $7.3B — 1.6× the size. QXO, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Pool Corporation trades at 18.9×. QXO, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 408.3% against 2.23%. Pool Corporation has the higher net margin (7.37% vs −6.63%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.1% vs −1.53%). Only Pool Corporation pays a dividend (3.11%). Across the 22 metrics below, Pool Corporation leads on 15 and QXO, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric POOL QXO Industrial Distribution median
P/E 18.89 n/m 26.36
P/S 1.38 0.86 1.11
P/B 5.90 0.91 3.33
Price to free cash flow 24.67 60.33 22.84
EV/EBITDA 13.77 33.83 14.07
EV/Sales 1.62 1.20 1.27
Earnings yield 5.29% (8.14%) 3.38%
Free cash flow yield 4.05% 1.66% 4.21%

Profitability

Metric POOL QXO Industrial Distribution median
Gross margin 29.58% 24.03% 29.96%
Operating margin 10.76% (3.40%) 7.48%
Net margin 7.37% (6.63%) 4.55%
Free cash flow margin 5.58% 1.43% 3.85%
Return on equity 31.08% (7.22%) 13.19%
Return on assets 10.70% (3.30%) 4.75%
Return on invested capital 14.10% (1.53%) 7.63%

Growth

Metric POOL QXO Industrial Distribution median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.23% 408.30% 7.13%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (3.98%) (472.73%) (7.89%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.09% 177.98% 9.06%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 1.98% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric POOL QXO Industrial Distribution median
Debt to equity 1.06 0.59 0.47
Current ratio 2.67 4.11 2.39
Net debt to EBITDA 1.73 4.52 1.17

Dividend

Metric POOL QXO Industrial Distribution median
Dividend yield 3.11% 0.00% 1.10%
Payout ratio 0.59 — 0.38

Size

Metric POOL QXO Industrial Distribution median
Market cap 7.29b 11.81b 4.78b

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