Gold.com vs Pool
GOLD and POOL side by side, both in wholesale trade-durable goods. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How GOLD and POOL compare
Pool is the larger company, worth 7.1 times as much as Gold.com ($7.7B against $1.1B).
On earnings, Gold.com is cheaper: it trades at 12.3× trailing earnings, against 19.9× for Pool.
Gold.com grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (110% versus 2.9% for Pool).
Pool keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.3% compared with 0.34% at Gold.com.
Both pay dividends: Gold.com yields 4.8% and Pool 3.0%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | GOLD | POOL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.1B | $7.7B |
| Share price | $37.15 | $215.78 |
| Change, 1 year | 37.0% | −13.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 10.8% | −62.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.13 | 0.96 |
| Employees | 1,355 | 6,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 | 17 |
| Valuation score | 4 | 4 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.3× (better) | 19.9× |
| P/S | 0.0× (better) | 1.4× |
| P/B | 1.3× (better) | 6.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.9× (better) | 15.3× |
| P/FCF | 2.9× (better) | 17.4× |
| FCF yield | 34.5% (better) | 5.7% |
| Fair value | $68.53 | $222.67 |
| Margin of safety | 45.8% (better) | 3.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 110% (better) | 2.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 27.4% (better) | 6.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 1048% (better) | −3.9% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 975% (better) | −0.91% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −19.4% | 3.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 1.9% | 29.4% (better) |
| Operating margin | – | 10.5% |
| Net margin | 0.34% | 7.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | 8.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | 11.4% | 30.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 18.8% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 (better) | 0.95 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.61 | 1.85 (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.15 | 2.46 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 7.26 (better) | 4.75 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.8% (better) | 3.0% |
| Payout ratio | 62.0% | 47.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 15 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 16.7% |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.9% |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% | 7.9% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 59.3% | 112% |
| Held by insiders | 32.3% | 3.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$9.6M | $5.7M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 17.8% | 10.3% |
Go deeper
- GOLD stock overview
- GOLD income statement
- GOLD valuation and score
- POOL stock overview
- POOL income statement
- POOL valuation and score
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