Growth Metrics

Pool (POOL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Pool's Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.22% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.22%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.22%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.22%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.22% in Q4 2025 per POOL's latest filing, up from 0.21% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.51% in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.2% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.32%, with a median of 0.29% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: increased 16bps in 2021, then dropped -17bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.41% in 2021, then fell by -16bps to 0.35% in 2022, then fell by -19bps to 0.28% in 2023, then dropped by -13bps to 0.24% in 2024, then decreased by -12bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for POOL's Return on Capital Employed are 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.21% (Q3 2025), and 0.2% (Q2 2025).