Swimming pool distributor Pool (NASDAQ: POOL) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
Pool missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.07 billion, down 4.4% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ organic revenue estimates and a miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Pool’s revenue to be flat year on year at $1.78 billion, improving from the 4.7% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $5.15 per share.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Pool has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Pool’s peers in the consumer discretionary segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Levi's delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 6.4%, beating analysts’ expectations by 5.8%, and Nike reported a revenue decline of 12%, topping estimates by 3.4%. Levi's traded up 11.1% following the results while Nike was also up 15.2%.
Read our full analysis of Levi’s results here and Nike’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the consumer discretionary segment, with share prices up 13.9% on average over the last month. Pool is up 7% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $323.66 (compared to the current share price of $314.66).
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