---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000945841-23-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POOL"
cik: "0000945841"
company_name: "POOL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T23:14:44.027727+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pool Corp Q1 net sales $1.2B, down 15% YoY; EPS $2.58, guides FY23 EPS $14.62-$16.12

## Summary
- Q1 net sales $1.2B (-15% YoY), operating income $145.8M (-38%), diluted EPS $2.58 (-41%).
- Gross margin 30.6% (-110 bps); operating margin 12.1% vs 16.7% last year.
- Western U.S. weather depressed results: CA and AZ base business sales down 21% combined; southern markets flat.
- Updated FY23 EPS guidance to $14.62-$16.12, including $0.12 YTD tax benefit.
- Adjusted EBITDA $160.3M (-36%); net cash from operations improved to $103.2M from -$208.1M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000945841-23-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POOL
- cik: 0000945841
- company_name: POOL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/945841/000094584123000074/0000945841-23-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584123000074/pool-20230420.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945841-23-000074.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  POOL CORP reported the first quarter of 2023 results: revenue $1.2 billion, net income $101.7 million, EPS $2.58. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the first quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $1.2 billion
  - Net income: $101.7 million
  - EPS: $2.58
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Q1 2023 EARNINGS RELEASE Document Exhibit 99.1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE POOL CORPORATION REPORTS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS AND UPDATES 2023 EARNINGS GUIDANCE Highlights • Net sales of $1.2 billion exceeded $1.0 billion in the first quarter for the third consecutive year • Operating income of $145.8 million with a seasonally strong operating margin of 12.1% • Q1 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584123000074/0000945841-23-000074-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.