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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-248060"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POOL"
cik: "0000945841"
company_name: "POOL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:39:49.810351+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pool Corp Q3 net sales up 1% to $1.5B; EPS $3.40 beats prior year

## Summary
- Diluted EPS increased 4% to $3.40 (Q3 2024: $3.27); adjusted EPS $3.39.
- Gross margin expanded 50 bps to 29.6% on pricing initiatives and supply chain.
- Four new sales centers added; share repurchases of $159.1M in first nine months.
- Full-year EPS guidance reaffirmed at $10.81-$11.31, including $0.11 tax benefit.
- Net income $127M in Q3 vs $125.7M last year; operating margin stable at 12.3%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-248060
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POOL
- cik: 0000945841
- company_name: POOL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000119312525248060/0001193125-25-248060-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000119312525248060/pool-20251023.htm

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