Zacks Research Has Positive Forecast for Pentair Q1 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pentair in a research report issued on Tuesday, December 17th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the industrial products company will earn $1.10 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.09. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.32 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.80 EPS.

PNR has been the topic of several other reports. KeyCorp upped their target price on Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. StockNews.com lowered Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Citigroup lifted their target price on Pentair from $113.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Pentair from $106.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $115.00 price target on shares of Pentair in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $109.38.

Pentair Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of Pentair stock opened at $100.98 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $103.83 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $91.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.25, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.20. Pentair has a 12-month low of $68.08 and a 12-month high of $110.71. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47.

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Quarry LP boosted its stake in Pentair by 105.5% during the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 261 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 134 shares during the last quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC boosted its position in Pentair by 376.1% during the second quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 338 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 267 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in Pentair by 165.2% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 525 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 327 shares in the last quarter. Family Firm Inc. acquired a new stake in Pentair in the 2nd quarter valued at about $48,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC lifted its stake in Pentair by 4,450.0% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 637 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $62,000 after purchasing an additional 623 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pentair

In related news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.67, for a total transaction of $357,615.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 19,232 shares in the company, valued at $1,916,853.44. This represents a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 1.28% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Friday, January 24th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This is a boost from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.99%. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio is presently 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.