Computing Ratios

Pool Corporation, Inc., is the worlds largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies and equipment. It is a publicly traded corporation that trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol POOL. The majority of Pools customers are small, family-owned businesses.

Required:

1.

Using the SEC EDGAR service at www.sec.gov, download the current annual report for Pool Corporation.

2.

Compute the following ratios:

a.	Return on assets
b.	Net profit margin
c.	Inventory turnover ratio
d.	Current ratio
e.	Cash coverage ratio
f.	Debt-to-equity ratio
g.	Price/earnings ratio (Hint: You will need to go to another source, such as Google Finance, to get the market price per share.)