---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000945841-24-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POOL"
cik: "0000945841"
company_name: "POOL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T21:31:51.580429+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pool Corp reports 2023 sales $5.5B, EPS $13.35; guides 2024 EPS $13.10-$14.10

## Summary
- Annual net sales $5.5B (-10% YoY); operating income $746.6M (-27%); operating margin 13.5%.
- Q4 net sales $1.0B (-8%); Q4 diluted EPS $1.32 (-27%) vs $1.82 a year ago.
- Record net cash from operations $888.2M in 2023, up from $484.9M in 2022.
- 2024 diluted EPS guidance $13.10-$14.10 (incl. ~$0.10 ASU 2016-09 benefit); 2023 EPS $13.35.
- Inventory down 14% to $1.4B; total debt reduced $333.5M to $1.1B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000945841-24-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POOL
- cik: 0000945841
- company_name: POOL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584124000009/0000945841-24-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584124000009/pool-20240222.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945841-24-000009.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  POOL CORP reported Year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $5.5 billion, net income $523.2 million, EPS $13.35 per diluted share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: Year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $5.5 billion
  - Net income: $523.2 million
  - EPS: $13.35 per diluted share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Exhibit 99.1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE POOL CORPORATION REPORTS YEAR END AND FOURTH QUARTER 2023 RESULTS; PROVIDES 2024 EARNINGS GUIDANCE Highlights include: • Annual net sales of $5.5 billion, our second highest in company history • Operating income of $746.6 million and operating margin of 13.5%, a 280 bps improvement from 2019 • Record net cash provided by
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584124000009/0000945841-24-000009-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  POOL CORP reported the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $1.0 billion. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $1.0 billion
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net sales decreased 8% to $1.0 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $1.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584124000009/0000945841-24-000009-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  POOL CORP reported 2024 results: EPS $13.10 - $14.10. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: 2024
  - EPS: $13.10 - $14.10
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: 2024 diluted EPS guidance range of $13.10 - $14.10, including an estimated $0.10 tax benefit
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584124000009/0000945841-24-000009-index.htm

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