---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000945841-25-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POOL"
cik: "0000945841"
company_name: "POOL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T10:10:28.488390+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pool Corp Q4 2024 EPS $0.98, down 26%; 2025 guidance $11.08-$11.58

## Summary
- Annual net sales $5.3B (-4% YoY); operating income $617.2M (-17%); diluted EPS $11.30 (-15% from $13.35).
- Q4 net sales $987.5M (-2%); diluted EPS $0.98 (-26%); gross margin +10bps to 29.4%.
- FY2025 diluted EPS guidance $11.08-$11.58, including $0.08 ASU 2016-09 benefit; vs 2024 adj. EPS $11.07.
- Operating cash flow $659.2M; inventory down 6% to $1.3B; total debt reduced $103M to $950.4M.
- Returned $483.4M to shareholders: $179.6M dividends & $306.3M share repurchases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000945841-25-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POOL
- cik: 0000945841
- company_name: POOL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-20T23:59:59+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/945841/000094584125000008/0000945841-25-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000094584125000008/pool-20250220.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000945841-25-000008.txt

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