Research Analysts Set Expectations for Pentair plc’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Pentair in a research report issued on Monday, September 16th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.06 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.07. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.25 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.27 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.15 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.63 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.41 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.21 EPS.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 23rd. The industrial products company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.09 billion. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.39% and a net margin of 16.05%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.03 earnings per share.

Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. StockNews.com raised shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 24th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $90.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 24th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Pentair from $100.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 24th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on Pentair from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 24th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on Pentair from $85.00 to $93.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $92.87.

Pentair Stock Down 0.5 %

PNR opened at $93.48 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $15.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a current ratio of 1.65. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $85.37 and a 200 day moving average price of $82.13. Pentair has a twelve month low of $57.18 and a twelve month high of $95.41.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Pentair in the second quarter worth about $25,000. Crewe Advisors LLC grew its position in Pentair by 376.1% in the second quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 338 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 267 shares during the period. Family Firm Inc. acquired a new position in Pentair during the second quarter worth $48,000. LRI Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Pentair during the first quarter valued at $56,000. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Pentair by 24.6% in the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 876 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $64,000 after purchasing an additional 173 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Pentair Company Profile

Pentair plc provides various water solutions in the United States, Western Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, Canada, and Japan. The company operates through three segments: Flow, Water Solutions, and Pool. The Flow segment designs, manufactures, and sells fluid treatment and pump products and systems, including pressure vessels, gas recovery solutions, membrane bioreactors, wastewater reuse systems and advanced membrane filtration, separation systems, water disposal pumps, water supply pumps, fluid transfer pumps, turbine pumps, solid handling pumps, and agricultural spray nozzles for fluid delivery, ion exchange, desalination, food and beverage, separation technologies in the oil and gas industry, residential and municipal wells, water treatment, wastewater solids handling, pressure boosting, circulation and transfer, fire suppression, flood control, agricultural irrigation, and crop spray in residential, commercial, and industrial markets.