Seasonality
POOL seasonality — Pool Corporation
Over the last 11 years, POOL's strongest month on average has been November (+3.9%) and its weakest March (-2.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.15% | +1.07% | 70% | +27.6% | -15.9% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.58% | -1.46% | 50% | +8.7% | -10.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.99% | -1.34% | 50% | +5.9% | -10.9% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.23% | +1.42% | 60% | +22.4% | -10.2% | 10 |
| May | +0.71% | -0.06% | 50% | +27.1% | -15.0% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.36% | +3.06% | 60% | +18.5% | -15.5% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.13% | +2.27% | 70% | +21.7% | -13.6% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.48% | +0.64% | 60% | +7.2% | -7.8% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.23% | +0.69% | 50% | +8.5% | -13.2% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.86% | -0.60% | 50% | +27.2% | -13.9% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.92% | +4.27% | 67% | +11.5% | -8.8% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.19% | +2.51% | 60% | +14.8% | -9.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — POOL
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11.1 | -10.6 | -10.9 | 5.4 | -15.0 | 18.5 | -13.6 | 0.4 | -13.2 | 27.2 | 2.8 | -7.5% | |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 0.8 | -8.3 | -7.9 | 2.5 | -3.0 | 5.7 | 0.8 | -0.2 | -13.9 | -8.8 | -6.1 | -32.9% |
| 2024 | -6.9 | 7.2 | 1.4 | -10.2 | 0.3 | -15.5 | 21.7 | -6.0 | 7.2 | -4.0 | 4.3 | -9.6 | -14.5% |
| 2023 | 27.6 | -7.5 | -4.0 | 2.6 | -10.0 | 18.5 | 2.7 | -5.0 | -2.6 | -11.3 | 10.0 | 14.8 | +31.9% |
| 2022 | -15.9 | -3.7 | -7.8 | -4.2 | -1.6 | -11.9 | 1.8 | -5.2 | -6.2 | -4.4 | 8.3 | -8.2 | -46.6% |
| 2021 | -4.9 | -5.5 | 3.1 | 22.4 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | -12.1 | 18.6 | 7.6 | 2.1 | +52.0% |
| 2020 | 3.3 | -3.8 | -6.7 | 7.6 | 27.1 | 1.1 | 16.5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 4.6 | -1.1 | 7.6 | +75.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 11.4 | -2.2 | 6.2 | -0.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | -0.5 | 2.9 | +42.9% |
| 2018 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 5.9 | -5.1 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 1.6 | -12.7 | 11.5 | -8.5 | +14.7% |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 8.7 | 4.0 | 0.2 | -0.4 | -1.3 | -8.0 | -7.8 | 8.5 | 11.7 | 4.0 | 3.2 | +24.3% |
| 2016 | 3.7 |