Pool Corporation (POOL) Stock Buybacks: 25.8% of Shares Retired Since 2009

Name: Pool Corporation (POOL) shares outstanding since 2009, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2009 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2009, 48,991,7292026-07-23, 36,340,747

A share bought in 2009

1.3× more of Pool Corporation today, without buying another share. It was one of 48,991,729 shares then. It is one of 36,340,747 now.

Every filing we read17 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2009	2009-12-31	48,991,729	10-K
2010	2011-02-22	48,847,864	10-K
2011	2012-02-21	47,511,203	10-K
2012	2013-02-20	46,424,500	10-K
2013	2014-02-21	45,010,747	10-K
2014	2015-02-20	43,619,932	10-K
2015	2016-02-22	42,040,969	10-K
2016	2017-02-20	41,156,023	10-K
2017	2018-02-21	40,396,155	10-K
2018	2019-02-21	39,391,303	10-K
2019	2020-02-21	40,191,526	10-K
2020	2021-02-19	40,229,370	10-K
2021	2022-02-18	40,168,103	10-K
2022	2023-02-17	39,101,321	10-K
2023	2024-02-20	38,376,151	10-K
2024	2025-02-20	37,630,465	10-K
2025	2026-02-20	36,787,820	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Pool Corporation on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

Pool Corporation buybacks, answered

Is Pool Corporation buying back its stock?

Yes. Pool Corporation has 2.4% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 36,340,747 as of July 23, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 9.3%.

How many shares has Pool Corporation bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Pool Corporation has 12.7 million fewer shares than at its 2009 peak. That is 25.8% of the company.

How many shares does Pool Corporation have outstanding?

36,340,747 shares, as of July 23, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2009 peak it had 48,991,729.

What do Pool Corporation's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Pool Corporation stock in 2009 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Pool Corporation compare with other cannibal stocks?

Pool Corporation ranks No. 197 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Ashland (26.7%), Cognizant (26.1%), D.R. Horton (25.7%), Lithia Motors (25.5%).

Every answer is computed from Pool Corporation's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Superinvestors who own it

Chuck RoyceRoyce & Associates111,533 shares, $24.0M, Q2 2026

Francis ChouChou Associates Management10,636 shares, $2.3M, Q2 2026

Wally WeitzWeitz Investment Management15,000 shares, $3.2M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

PEREZ DE LA MESA MANUEL JDirector2026-05-13, 10,000 shares at $175.95 $1.8M total

WHALEN DAVID GDirector2026-05-08, 525 shares at $190.44 $100K total

STOKELY JOHN EDirector2026-05-07, 1,000 shares at $193.06 $193K total

PEREZ DE LA MESA MANUEL JDirector2026-05-07, 10,000 shares at $190.00 $1.9M total

Hope James DDirector2026-05-07, 464 shares at $194.41 $90K total

PEREZ DE LA MESA MANUEL JDirector2026-03-13, 5,000 shares at $205.00 $1.0M total

PEREZ DE LA MESA MANUEL JDirector2026-03-02, 5,000 shares at $218.00 $1.1M total

Hope James DDirector2026-02-25, 1,405 shares at $213.64 $300K total

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