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Valued at a market cap of $14.3 billion, Pool Corporation (POOL) distributes swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products. The Covington, Louisiana-based company serves swimming pool remodelers and builders, retail swimming pool stores, pool repair and service businesses, and irrigation construction and landscape maintenance contractors. POOL is expected to announce its fiscal Q3 earnings results on Thursday, Oct. 17.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect the pool supplier to report a profit of $3.19 per share, down 8.9% from $3.50 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has surpassed Wall Street's earnings estimates in three of the last four quarters while missing on another occasion.