Pool Corp Q4: Earnings Beat, Revenues Dip, Soft FY25 Outlook & More

Pool Corporation POOL shares are trading higher on Thursday.

The company reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 97 cents, beating the street view of 90 cents.

Quarterly sales of $987.48 million (down 2% year over year) outpaced the analyst consensus estimate of 963.036 million.

Gross profit decreased 1% to $290.2 million, while gross margin increased 10 basis points to 29.4% compared to 29.3% in the year-ago period.

Operating income in the fourth quarter decreased 24% to $60.7 million, while operating margin decreased 180 basis points.

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“This year we enhanced our POOL360 digital ecosystem with technology rollouts and expanded our digital marketing programs, leading to increased sales of our private-label chemical products,” said Peter D. Arvan, president and CEO.

The company exited the quarter with cash and equivalents worth $77.862 million.

“We ended the year with strong operating cash flows of $659.2 million and are proud to have returned $483.4 million to our shareholders through dividends and share repurchases,” Arvan added.

Long-term debt (net) at the end of the quarter contracted to $900.883 million from $1.015 billion a year ago.

Outlook: Pool Corp expects earnings for 2025 to be $11.08 – $11.58 per share versus $11.90 estimate, including an estimated $0.08 favorable impact from ASU 2016-09.

Pool Corp estimated that it has approximately $3.2 million in unrealized tax benefits related to stock options that will expire and restricted stock awards that will vest in the first quarter of 2025.

Price Action: POOL shares are trading higher by 2.35% to $348.88 at last check Thursday.

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