---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-058288"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POOL"
cik: "0000945841"
company_name: "POOL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:55:07.675060+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pool Corp 2025 revenue flat at $5.3B, EPS down 4%; 2026 guidance $10.85-$11.15

## Summary
- FY 2025 net sales $5.3B unchanged YoY; gross margin 29.7% (up 20 bps excluding tariff reversal).
- FY 2025 diluted EPS $10.85 (GAAP), down 4% from $11.30; adjusted $10.73 (ex ASU 2016-09).
- Q4 2025 net sales $982.2M (-1% YoY); diluted EPS $0.85 vs $0.98 (down 13%).
- 2026 EPS guidance $10.85-$11.15, implying modest growth; expects stable maintenance and building materials.
- Operating cash flow fell to $365.9M from $659.2M; inventory up 13% to $1.5B; share repurchases $341.1M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-058288
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POOL
- cik: 0000945841
- company_name: POOL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000119312526058288/0001193125-26-058288-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945841/000119312526058288/pool-20260219.htm

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