POOLPool Corporation

$159.57-50% 1Y

Is it safe?

Good

Strong, no red flags: a safe balance sheet and clean books.

2 good, 3 neutral, 1 without data
SurvivalSafe zone

Financially healthy, low distress risk Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.

Honest booksLow risk

Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).

Quality5 / 9

Mixed fundamental signals Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.

Credit gradeAderived · Mar 31, 2026

Investment-grade balance sheet. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.

Drawdown risk33% volderived · Oct 9, 2026

Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -72% · now 49% below its 52-week high.

Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Dec 31, 2025.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitybetter than 67% of the market
Max drawdownmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can POOL take a bad year?

Pool Corporation carries $1.20B of net debt at 1.90× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$1.20B

Net debt · as at Q1 2026 · under two and a half years of EBITDA, comfortable

Net debt / EBITDA
1.90×

Net debt / EBITDA · 1.55× a year ago · the load is going up

Altman Z-score
4.38

Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3

Debt / equity
1.11×

Debt / equity

Details›
Total debtQ1 2026
$1.26B
Cash and short-term investments
$64M
Net debt
$1.20B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$629M
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$585M
Debt / equity
1.11×
Total debt / EBITDA
2.00×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
33%
Worst drawdown on file
−72%
Below its 52-week high
49%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.