---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000945841-23-000110"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POOL"
cik: "0000945841"
company_name: "POOL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T06:09:50.810737+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pool Corp Q2 EPS $5.91 (-23% YoY); revenue $1.9B; FY guidance narrowed to $13.14-$14.14

## Summary
- Q2 diluted EPS $5.91 vs $7.63 YoY (-23%); revenue $1.9B (-10% from record $2.1B).
- Operating income $327M (-22% YoY); operating margin 17.6% vs 20.4% in Q2 2022.
- FY 2023 EPS guidance narrowed to $13.14-$14.14 (midpoint $13.64) from prior range; includes $0.14 YTD tax benefit.
- H1 net cash from operations record $376.8M; debt reduced $202M since Dec 2022.
- Cooler weather in Q2 impacted maintenance and discretionary replacement activity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000945841-23-000110
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POOL
- cik: 0000945841
- company_name: POOL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584123000110/0000945841-23-000110-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584123000110/pool-20230720.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945841-23-000110
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945841-23-000110.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945841-23-000110.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  POOL CORP reported the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 results: revenue $1.9 billion, net income $232.3 million, EPS $5.91.
  - Period: the second quarter ended June 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $1.9 billion
  - Net income: $232.3 million
  - EPS: $5.91
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales of $1.9 billion; our second largest revenue quarter in company history • Operating income of $327.0 million and operating margin of 17.6% • Q2 2023 diluted EPS of $5.91 or $5.89 without tax benefits
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584123000110/0000945841-23-000110-index.htm

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