Head to Head Survey: Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) and Twin Vee PowerCats (NASDAQ:VEEE)

Twin Vee PowerCats (NASDAQ:VEEE) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Twin Vee PowerCats and Pool, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Twin Vee PowerCats	1	0	0	0	1.00
Pool	1	7	3	0	2.18

Pool has a consensus target price of $337.86, indicating a potential upside of 41.06%. Given Pool’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pool is more favorable than Twin Vee PowerCats.

Volatility & Risk

Twin Vee PowerCats has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Twin Vee PowerCats and Pool”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Twin Vee PowerCats	$14.39 million	0.37	-$11.05 million	($6.68)	-0.35
Pool	$5.29 billion	1.69	$434.33 million	$10.97	21.83

Pool has higher revenue and earnings than Twin Vee PowerCats. Twin Vee PowerCats is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pool, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Twin Vee PowerCats and Pool’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Twin Vee PowerCats	-94.19%	-65.04%	-51.23%
Pool	7.77%	31.40%	11.43%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

15.6% of Twin Vee PowerCats shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are held by institutional investors. 18.2% of Twin Vee PowerCats shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pool beats Twin Vee PowerCats on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Twin Vee PowerCats

Twin Vee PowerCats Co. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of recreational and commercial power catamaran boats. The firm is focused on designing and developing its products under the ELECTRA Power Sports brand. It operates through the following segments: Gas-Powered Boats, Electric Boat and Development, and Franchise. The Gas-Powered Boats segment manufactures boats that use fuel. The Electric Boat and Development segment designs fully electric boats through Forza X1 Inc. The Franchise segment deals with developing a standard product offering that is sold for franchise. The company was founded by Roger Dunshee in 1996 and is headquartered in Fort Pierce, FL.

About Pool

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. It also provides pool equipment and components for new pool construction and the remodeling of existing pools; irrigation and related products, such as irrigation system components, and professional turf care equipment and supplies; commercial products, including heaters, safety equipment, commercial decking equipment, and commercial pumps and filters. In addition, the company offers fiberglass pools, and hot tubs and packaged pool kits comprising walls, liners, braces, and coping for in-ground and above-ground pools; and other pool construction and recreational products comprising discretionary recreational and related outdoor living products, such as grills and components for outdoor kitchens. It serves swimming pool remodelers and builders; specialty retailers that sell swimming pool supplies; swimming pool repair and service businesses; irrigation construction and landscape maintenance contractors; and commercial pool operators and pool contractors. Pool Corporation was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Covington, Louisiana.