Pool PE ratio POOL
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 18.3×
- 10-year median
- 29.7×
- Against its 10-year history
- 8th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 14.7× to 51.6×
- Peer median
- 26.9×
Pool's PE ratio is 18.3× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $199.08 against $10.87 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.
That is below its ten-year median of 29.7×, lower than on 92% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 14.7× in Oct 2026 to 51.6× in Oct 2020.
The median for 10 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 26.9×.
PE ratio over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 18.3× | 14.7× | 24.4× |
| 2025 | 21.2× | 21.1× | 32.3× |
| 2024 | 29.7× | 23.5× | 32.5× |
| 2023 | 28.9× | 16.2× | 28.9× |
| 2022 | 15.5× | 14.8× | 34.0× |
| 2021 | 38.3× | 33.2× | 49.0× |
| 2020 | 46.7× | 26.2× | 51.6× |
| 2019 | 33.4× | 25.6× | 35.7× |
| 2018 | 25.4× | 23.9× | 37.8× |
| 2017 | 32.8× | 26.1× | 35.1× |
| 2016 | 30.2× | 26.7× | 32.5× |
| 2015 | 29.0× | 25.8× | 30.4× |
| 2014 | 26.7× | 23.7× | 30.3× |
| 2013 | 29.4× | 26.1× | 32.8× |
| 2012 | 25.0× | 21.4× | 26.4× |
| 2011 | 20.9× | 16.8× | 24.5× |
Against its peers
Companies in Industrial - Distribution nearest Pool's size, closest first, today.
| Company | PE ratio |
|---|---|
| POOLPool | 18.3× |
| CNMCore & Main | 17.3× |
| MSMMSC Industrial Direct | 27.5× |
| SITESiteOne Landscape Supply | 28.3× |
| AITApplied Industrial Technologies | 28.9× |
| LKQLKQ | 9.7× |
| WSOWatsco | 27.8× |
| WCCWESCO International | 22.0× |
| BCCBOISE CASCADE | 26.4× |
| REZIResideo Technologies | 7.5× |
| DXPEDXP Enterprises | 27.5× |
| Peer median | 26.9× |
Where Pool ranks
What the PE ratio tells you
Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.
Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.