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How POOL CORPORATION makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$5.3B · 100%Cost of revenue$3.7B · 70%Gross profit$1.6B · 30%Operating income$580M · 11%Income before tax$533M · 10%Income tax$127M · 2%Net income$406M · 8%As of 2025-12-31 · 2 SEC filing sourcesBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$5.3B100%
Cost of revenue$3.7B70%
$1.6B30%
$580M11%
Income before tax$533M10%
Income tax$127M2%
$406M8%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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