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Analyst
Collin Verron
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2025 Q1 – 2026 Q2 (6 quarters).
- Questions
- 16on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 0%none of 16 questions
- Companies
- 3questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 6with questions
These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.
How to read these numbers
Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.
Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.
No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.
Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.
Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.
Questions asked
Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.
Showing 16 of 16 questions from 3 companies
POOLPool Corporation8 questions · 5 reporting periods · 0 of 8 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
I think you called out pricing sharply and competitively going forward. Just curious as to what this means exactly.
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CEO described pricing as locally calibrated to market conditions and declined to reaffirm the 6-9% long-term algorithm in the current cycle.
Calendar 2026 Q1
Can you just put some numbers around what the useful life of the equipment is now -- and just given that useful life, do you see a replacement cycle in the next couple of years
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Arvan explained equipment life varies by product, operating conditions, seasonal vs year-round use, and maintenance quality. Variable speed pumps could extend life 30-50% versus single-speed. LED lights similarly outlast incandescent. Both categories approaching replacement from early adoption waves.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Any way you can help quantify just the magnitude of what you don't expect to repeat this year?
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Hart confirmed prior year Q4 hurricane benefit was a 1% top line sales impact that is not expected to recur.
how much more SG&A investment is there left to drive these initiatives? Or are those pretty much behind you
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Arvan characterized tech spend as not alarming for a company of POOL's size. Not done spending but disciplined. AI helping drive efficiency in development and deployment.
Calendar 2025 Q2
can you just talk about what you're seeing and hearing maybe about second half price increase as term suppliers, and what's baked into your guidance currently?
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Arvan confirmed no additional in-season increases expected. Normal seasonal price increases taking effect September-October are contemplated in guidance.
can you just provide any more color or put some numbers around how demand trended by month, and how things are tracking thus far in July?
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Arvan described April-May strength, early June softness, late June recovery, with positive trends carrying into July. Encouraged at near-term outlook.
Calendar 2025 Q1
Can you just talk about the opportunity for private label in this macro backdrop
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Arvan highlighted significant remaining private label growth opportunity, emphasizing margin accretion and competitive moat from exclusive product availability.
I was just curious about your thoughts on why Texas is underperforming your other large markets
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Arvan attributed Texas weakness to wet Q1 weather plus macro uncertainty but noted nothing unique suggests it would spread to other markets.
BLDRBuilders FirstSource7 questions · 4 reporting periods · 0 of 7 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q4
How are you guys thinking about the opportunity for incremental M&A in 2026, just with leverage ticking up with EBITDA coming down
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CEO acknowledged quieter market but still sees opportunities. Well-capitalized competitor reinforces good industry. Confident focus on homebuilder core will be the winning strategy.
Can you just talk about your expectations for multifamily sales in '26 a little bit more explicitly, just given the lag
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CFO noted green shoots in quoting but pent-up, waiting on cost of capital. Still some margin normalization headwind from 2025 lapping. Embedded in margin guide.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Any color as to like what the annual cost savings from these actions are?
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CFO didn't quantify savings but detailed scope: multifamily truss plants, low-starts locations, acquisition overlap. Will continue as ongoing process of evaluating performance.
do you think that that's fully stabilized at this point so you'll track more in line with lag starts in 2026?
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CFO confirmed tracking with lag starts after structural adjustments. Some residual manufacturer cost/input pressure but structural adjustments becoming less impactful.
Calendar 2025 Q2
where you think we are in that trend and how much more downside there is to BLDR's revenue per start
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CFO confirmed SF sales down only 2-3% vs lag starts, home size leveling, decontenting becoming smaller. Both management and CFO expressed confidence equilibrium reached.
Calendar 2025 Q1
any sense of just sort of what the magnitude is that you guys are dealing with from price -- from vendor price cuts?
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CEO corrected the premise, environment is stable to inflationary, not deflationary. Tariffs would add cost pressure in this category.
Does the guide or the debt tariff impacts assume any tariff mitigation in it? Or is that just the cost number flowing through 100%?
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CFO confirmed tariff impact not built into guidance. CEO added emphatically that they don't lose money on stuff they sell and the dollar amount is within the guidance band.
MASMasco1 question · 1 reporting period · 0 of 1 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q3
can you just talk about how long you think this soft demand environment will really last here
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Jon cited home equity at record highs, aging housing stock (20M homes entering prime remodel age), and need for consumer confidence/interest rate improvement. Expects gradual improvement into 2026 but declined to give specific timing or guidance.
Challenge rate by company
Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| POOL Pool Corporation | 8 | 0%none of 8 questions |
| BLDR Builders FirstSource | 7 | 0%none of 7 questions |
| MAS Masco | 1 | —Rate withheld: fewer than 3 questions |
Activity by reporting period
Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3 | 0%none of 3 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 5 | 0%none of 5 questions | 3 |
| 2025 Q4 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 1 |
| 2026 Q1 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2026 Q2 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
- 2025 Q14 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q23 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 3 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q35 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 5 questions) · 3 companies
- 2025 Q42 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
- 2026 Q11 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2026 Q21 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Demand8
- Pricing5
- Competitive Dynamics2
- Cost Pressure2
- Macroeconomic2
- Trade Tariffs2
- Revenue Growth1
- M&A1
- Capital Allocation1
- Innovation & R&D1
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- Margin1