secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     POOL CORP (POOL)
CIK:        0000945841
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000945841-23-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Pool Corp reports record 2022 revenue $6.2B, EPS $18.70; guides 2023 EPS $16.03-$17.03, down 9-14%
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- Record 2022 net sales $6.2B (+17% YoY); diluted EPS $18.70 (+17%); adjusted EPS $18.43 (+21%).
- Q4 net sales $1.1B (+6%) but diluted EPS fell 31% to $1.82; adjusted EPS down 22% to $1.79.
- 2023 diluted EPS guidance $16.03-$17.03 (down 9-14% from 2022), including $0.03 tax benefit.
- Gross margin contracted 230 bps in Q4 to 28.8%, hurt by $13M in import tariffs and lower vendor incentives.
- Inventory rose 19% to $1.6B; debt up $203.5M to $1.4B to fund $471M in share repurchases.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584123000003/0000945841-23-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584123000003/pool-20230216.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945841-23-000003

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