Pool Corporation (POOL) earnings on July 23, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More Pool Corporation earnings

Prior outlook: No statistical edge

Volatly's outlook before the earnings on July 23, 2026: No statistical edge.

POOL price around the earnings

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Prior thesis

Prior outlook: No statistical edge

Thesis published
Results released

B of A downgrade to Underperform ($206 vs $252 consensus) confirms a pessimistic thesis; negative 14d trend strength.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Consistent and sharp sell-off into earnings, indicating significant negative trend strength and expectations.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
2.36
Analysts covering the stock
11
Average price target
252.27
Lowest price target
206
Highest price target
300
Upside to price target
28.6%
Quarterly earnings growth
-0.6%
Revenue growth
6.2%
Forward EPS
12
Trailing EPS
10.87
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
2
  • Strong buy: 0
  • Buy: 5
  • Hold: 8
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 1
Strong buy
0
Buy
5
Hold
8
Sell
0
Strong sell
1
  • July 20, 2026 · B of A Securities: Maintains rating (Underperform → Underperform)
  • July 6, 2026 · Stifel: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Neutral
Mentions
0
News
Sources (2)

Technicals

Evidence

Average true range (ATR)
3.6%
Distance to 52-week high
-40.1%
14-day change (14d)
-3.9%
30-day change (30d)
+0.4%
30-day relative strength
-0.0%
SPY change (30d)
+0.4%
Nearest support
194.29
Nearest resistance
196.56
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.83

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
-1.8%
  • April 23, 2026: actual EPS 1.43 vs estimate 1.35 (surprise +6.2%)
  • February 19, 2026: actual EPS 0.84 vs estimate 0.98 (surprise -14.2%)
  • October 23, 2025: actual EPS 3.39 vs estimate 3.37 (surprise +0.7%)
  • July 24, 2025: actual EPS 5.17 vs estimate 5.15 (surprise +0.3%)

Expected move

Implied move
+2.6%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
2.8%
75th percentile move
6.9%
90th percentile move
9.9%
Up / down moves
7 / 13
Average up move
+4.5%
Average down move
-4.3%

Monitoring and close

What Pool Corporation reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS5.38
EPS estimate5.34
EPS surprise+0.7%
Revenue$1,823 million
Revenue estimate$1,817 million
Revenue surprise+0.3%

Pool beat earnings and sales expectations in the second quarter, with revenue of $1.82 billion, and maintained its 2026 guidance.

Sources (12)

Pre-market second reading after the results

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How the stock reacted