POOLPool Corporation

$163.29-50% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 67 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Above average. Pool Corporation scores higher than 79% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by return on capital and valuation, held back by return on new capital.

Consumer Cyclical median 61 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score

66median 13

Pool Corporation is valued at 13.9x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
13.9x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

99median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 24% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
24%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 17%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

17median 49

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 2 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -7.9%, and 26% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
-2%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

58median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countDown 1.8% a year over 5 years: buybacks
85
5%
-3%
-1.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 16% a year, sales 6.1%
16
12%
-2%
9.7%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

83median 62

Today's operating margin of 11% is 0.84x its normal 13%: below its usual level, with room to recover. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.8x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 11%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

83median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA1.9x a year of EBITDA
65
4.5x
0.5x
1.9x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 74x
100
1.5x
12x
73.5x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

73median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.40x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.4x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 1.2% of assets
51
8%
0%
-8%
1.2%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.34
66
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.34
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-03-31, latest annual report FY2025.