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POOL CORP (NASD)
POOL	18.30	-0.52	(-2.76%)	Vol. 880,106	16:00 ET

SCP Pool Corporation distributes swimming pool supplies and related products to swimming pool remodelers and builders, independent retail stores and swimming pool repair and service companies. The company distributes more than 34,000 national brand and private label products to its customers. These products include both non-discretionary pool maintenance products, such as chemicals and replacement parts, packaged pools (kits to build swimming pools which include walls, liners, bracing and other materials), and pool equipment, such as cleaners and filters.

General Information

POOL CORP

109 Northpark Boulevard Covington, LA 70433-5001 Phone: 985 892-5521 Fax: 985-892-2438 Web: www.scppool.com Email: investor.relations@poolcorp.com

Industry	LEISURE&REC PRD
Sector:	Consumer Discretionary

Fiscal Year End	December
Last Reported Quarter	09/30/09
Next EPS Date	02/18/2010

Price and Volume Information

Zacks Rank
Yesterday's Close	18.82
52 Week High	24.99
52 Week Low	11.18
Beta	1.42
20 Day Moving Average	492,734.09
Target Price Consensus	21

% Price Change
4 Week	-16.47
12 Week	-22.39
YTD	6.12

% Price Change Relative to S&P 500
4 Week	-17.37
12 Week	-26.83
YTD	-12.17

Share Information
Shares Outstanding (millions)	48.72
Market Capitalization (millions)	929.17
Short Ratio	14.24
Last Split Date	09/13/2004

Dividend Information
Dividend Yield	2.73%
Annual Dividend	$0.52
Payout Ratio	0.58
Change in Payout Ratio	0.25
Last Dividend Payout / Amount	11/12/2009 / $0.13

EPS Information
Current Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate	-0.25
Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate	0.97
Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth Rate	6.60
Next EPS Report Date	02/18/2010

Consensus Recommendations
Current (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)	2.75
30 Days Ago	2.75
60 Days Ago	2.75
90 Days Ago	2.75

Fundamental Ratios

P/E
Current FY Estimate:	19.73
Trailing 12 Months:	21.19
PEG Ratio	3.01

EPS Growth
vs. Previous Year	-22.22%
vs. Previous Quarter	-64.65%

Sales Growth
vs. Previous Year	-12.86%
vs. Previous Quarter:	-28.57%

Price Ratios
Price/Book	3.44
Price/Cash Flow	12.90
Price / Sales	0.59

ROE
09/30/09	17.41
06/30/09	19.32
03/31/09	21.61

ROA
09/30/09	5.31
06/30/09	5.76
03/31/09	6.12

Current Ratio
09/30/09	2.25
06/30/09	2.02
03/31/09	2.36

Quick Ratio
09/30/09	0.87
06/30/09	0.96
03/31/09	0.77

Operating Margin
09/30/09	2.84
06/30/09	3.03
03/31/09	3.13

Net Margin
09/30/09	5.21
06/30/09	5.28
03/31/09	5.37

Pre-Tax Margin
09/30/09	5.21
06/30/09	5.28
03/31/09	5.37

Book Value
09/30/09	5.54
06/30/09	5.77
03/31/09	4.79

Inventory Turnover
09/30/09	3.07
06/30/09	3.13
03/31/09	3.18

Debt-to-Equity
09/30/09	0.87
06/30/09	1.01
03/31/09	1.54

Debt to Capital
09/30/09	46.64
06/30/09	50.25
03/31/09	60.65


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