Zacks Research Analysts Lift Earnings Estimates for Pentair

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Pentair in a research note issued on Thursday, November 14th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.09 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.08. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.15 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.77 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.26 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.42 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.33 EPS.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.02. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.48% and a net margin of 16.29%. The business had revenue of $993.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $988.53 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.94 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on PNR. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Pentair from $105.00 to $108.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $90.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 24th. Mizuho upped their target price on Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Pentair from $101.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Pentair presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $105.13.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of NYSE PNR opened at $105.87 on Monday. Pentair has a fifty-two week low of $62.04 and a fifty-two week high of $107.78. The company has a market cap of $17.49 billion, a PE ratio of 26.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.60. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $98.09 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $87.55.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 1st. Investors of record on Friday, October 18th were issued a dividend of $0.23 per share. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 18th. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.00%.

Insider Activity at Pentair

In other news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.67, for a total transaction of $357,615.96. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 19,232 shares in the company, valued at $1,916,853.44. This trade represents a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 1.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pentair

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of PNR. Harbour Investments Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Pentair by 10.7% during the third quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 6,585 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $644,000 after buying an additional 636 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in Pentair by 222.8% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 50,653 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $4,328,000 after acquiring an additional 34,959 shares during the last quarter. Swedbank AB lifted its stake in Pentair by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,146,271 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $87,885,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares in the last quarter. ORG Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $631,000. Finally, Intech Investment Management LLC grew its position in shares of Pentair by 63.5% in the first quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 18,427 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,574,000 after purchasing an additional 7,157 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other 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.