Seaport Res Ptn Comments on Pentair’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Pentair in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst S. Graham now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $1.33 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.36. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.23 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.19 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.78 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.11 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.47 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.37 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.33 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.28 EPS.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.08 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $972.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $970.95 million. Pentair had a net margin of 15.32% and a return on equity of 20.94%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.87 earnings per share.

PNR has been the topic of several other reports. Barclays increased their price target on Pentair from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Northcoast Research raised shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of Pentair in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 price target on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $111.25.

Pentair Stock Performance

Pentair stock opened at $98.40 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.20. Pentair has a 1-year low of $72.44 and a 1-year high of $110.71. The company’s 50-day moving average is $102.66 and its 200 day moving average is $97.50.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 24th were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 24th. This is an increase from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.02%. Pentair’s payout ratio is currently 26.74%.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of PNR. Harbour Investments Inc. grew its holdings in Pentair by 10.7% in the third quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 6,585 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $644,000 after purchasing an additional 636 shares during the last quarter. Moody National Bank Trust Division purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $989,000. Algert Global LLC purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the third quarter worth $479,000. FMR LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 4.7% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,704,672 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $557,860,000 after purchasing an additional 258,134 shares during the period. Finally, Pathstone Holdings LLC raised its stake in shares of Pentair by 47.4% in the third quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 19,881 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,944,000 after purchasing an additional 6,391 shares during the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.