Zacks Research Comments on Pentair’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Pentair in a note issued to investors on Monday, January 20th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $1.09 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.10. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q3 2026 earnings at $1.33 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of Pentair in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 price target for the company. Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $115.00 price objective on shares of Pentair in a report on Thursday, November 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on Pentair from $93.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen lifted their target price on Pentair from $95.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $111.13.

Pentair Price Performance

PNR opened at $104.23 on Thursday. Pentair has a 12-month low of $70.59 and a 12-month high of $110.71. The company has a market cap of $17.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $104.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $95.54.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $993.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $988.53 million. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.48% and a net margin of 16.29%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.94 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Inspire Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Pentair by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Inspire Advisors LLC now owns 8,121 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $794,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP raised its holdings in shares of Pentair by 105.5% in the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 261 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the last quarter. Annex Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Pentair by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Annex Advisory Services LLC now owns 5,369 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $540,000 after buying an additional 151 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Pentair by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,923 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $286,000 after acquiring an additional 158 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. grew its stake in Pentair by 14.3% during the 3rd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 1,337 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $131,000 after purchasing an additional 167 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.67, for a total value of $357,615.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,232 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,916,853.44. The trade was a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 1.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 24th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.96%. This is an increase from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Pentair’s payout ratio is currently 23.00%.

About Pentair

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.