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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000945841-22-000117"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POOL"
cik: "0000945841"
company_name: "POOL CORP"
filed_at: "2022-10-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T02:31:57.449448+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pool Corp reports record Q3 net sales of $1.6B, EPS $4.78; narrows 2022 guidance to $18.50-$19.05

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $1.6B, up 14% YoY; base business sales +10%.
- Q3 diluted EPS $4.78, up 5% YoY; adjusted EPS $4.76, up 7%.
- Nine-month net sales $5.1B, operating income $918.5M, each up ~19% and 30% YoY.
- Inventory up 48% to $1.5B; total debt $1.5B vs $363M a year earlier.
- Narrowing FY2022 EPS guidance to $18.50-$19.05, including $0.24 year-to-date tax benefit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000945841-22-000117
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POOL
- cik: 0000945841
- company_name: POOL CORP
- filed_at: 2022-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584122000117/0000945841-22-000117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584122000117/pool-20221020.htm

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