Growth Metrics

Pool (POOL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Pool filings provide 17 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 22.86% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 174.0% to 22.86% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 22.86%, a 174.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 22.17%, down 200.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 22.86% in Q1 2026 for Pool, up from 21.62% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 36.17% in Q1 2022 to a low of 20.36% in Q2 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 27.21% (2023), compared with a mean of 27.35%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -1718bps in 2022 and later tumbled -174bps in 2026.
  • Pool's Return on Capital Employed stood at 34.76% in 2022, then decreased by -19bps to 28.08% in 2023, then decreased by -13bps to 24.46% in 2024, then fell by -12bps to 21.62% in 2025, then grew by 6bps to 22.86% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 22.86% (Q1 2026), 21.62% (Q4 2025), and 20.54% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.