Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Pentair Q1 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Pentair in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst S. Graham now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.02 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.07. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.48% and a net margin of 16.29%. The firm had revenue of $972.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $970.95 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.87 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Oppenheimer increased their target price on shares of Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on shares of Pentair from $106.00 to $114.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Pentair from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of Pentair from $93.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated a “sector weight” rating and set a $115.00 target price on shares of Pentair in a report on Monday, January 6th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $111.25.

Pentair Stock Down 0.8 %

Shares of NYSE:PNR opened at $97.88 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $102.88 and its 200-day moving average price is $97.25. Pentair has a 12-month low of $72.44 and a 12-month high of $110.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.20. 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 Increases Dividend

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in PNR. Quarry LP increased its stake in shares of Pentair by 105.5% during the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 261 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 134 shares in the last quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its position in shares of Pentair by 753.8% during the fourth quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 333 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 294 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in shares of Pentair by 165.2% during the third 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. Eastern Bank increased its position in shares of Pentair by 144.9% during the fourth quarter. Eastern Bank now owns 507 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Pentair during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $55,000. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

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.