Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) Shares Sold by Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV

Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV decreased its position in shares of Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) by 3.3% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 3,582 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after selling 122 shares during the period. Investment Advisory Services Inc. TX ADV’s holdings in Pool were worth $1,221,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of POOL. Brooklyn Investment Group acquired a new stake in Pool in the third quarter valued at $31,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB purchased a new stake in shares of Pool in the third quarter valued at about $60,000. YANKCOM Partnership acquired a new stake in shares of Pool in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $61,000. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. increased its stake in shares of Pool by 101.2% during the 3rd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 326 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $123,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hilltop National Bank raised its position in shares of Pool by 18.1% during the 4th quarter. Hilltop National Bank now owns 412 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $140,000 after purchasing an additional 63 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.99% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

POOL has been the topic of several recent research reports. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Pool from $370.00 to $360.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of Pool from $380.00 to $386.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. StockNews.com lowered Pool from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday. Loop Capital upped their target price on Pool from $345.00 to $395.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Pool from $335.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 28th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $368.00.

Pool Trading Down 1.9 %

Shares of POOL stock opened at $331.71 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 2.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61. Pool Co. has a fifty-two week low of $293.51 and a fifty-two week high of $422.73. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $350.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $356.83. The stock has a market cap of $12.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 1.03.

Pool Company Profile

Pool Corporation distributes swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products in the United States and internationally. The company offers maintenance products, including chemicals, supplies, and pool accessories; repair and replacement parts for pool equipment, such as cleaners, filters, heaters, pumps, and lights; and building materials, such as concrete, plumbing and electrical components, functional and decorative pool surfaces, decking materials, tiles, hardscapes, and natural stones for pool installations and remodeling.