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How Pool Corporation stacks up
POOL · against 382 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
88/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #63 of 383 · scores higher than 82% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score56 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including POOL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 88?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 65% of peers. Operating margin: 11.0% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 89% of peers. Return on invested capital: 22.1% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on assets: 9.9% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = POOL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | POOL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 359 reported | 22.1% | 10.0% | 85% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 384 reported | 11.0% | 10.3% | 54% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 361 reported | 9.9% | 4.6% | 86% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 360 reported | 31.3% | 11.9% | 93% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 388 reported | 29.6% | 29.2% | 51% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around POOL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1 | 1.71T JPY (≈$11.6B) | 100 | 75 | |
| 4 | 26.9B CNY (≈$3.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 4 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 63 | 9.9B USD | 88 | 63 | |
| 63 | 12.9B EUR (≈$14.2B) | 88 | 51 | |
| 63 | 4.5B USD | 88 | 65 | |
| 63 | 11.1B USD | 88 | 54 | |
| 63 | 7.5B USD | 88 | 49 | |
| 63 | 17.1B CAD (≈$12.5B) | 88 | 62 | |
| 70 | 28.8B CNY (≈$4.0B) | 87 | 69 | |
| 70 | 8.41T KRW (≈$6.1B) | 87 | 77 | |
| 70 | 734.8B JPY (≈$5.0B) | 87 | 67 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score