Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 4.850-4.900 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 4.840. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.2 billion-$4.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.1 billion. Pentair also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 1.110-1.160 EPS.

Pentair Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of Pentair stock opened at $109.42 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.94 billion, a PE ratio of 27.77, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.10. Pentair has a twelve month low of $74.25 and a twelve month high of $113.95. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $109.25 and its 200 day moving average price is $101.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion. Pentair had a net margin of 15.84% and a return on equity of 22.07%. Pentair’s quarterly revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.09 EPS. Pentair has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.110-1.160 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.850-4.900 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Pentair will post 4.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 24th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 24th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 25.38%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Pentair from $116.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Robert W. Baird set a $130.00 price target on shares of Pentair in a report on Wednesday. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Pentair in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $119.93.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PNR. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Pentair in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $222,000. American Century Companies Inc. increased its holdings in Pentair by 5.8% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 9,350 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $960,000 after purchasing an additional 513 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 27.2% in the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 53,959 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $5,539,000 after acquiring an additional 11,523 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 54.7% in the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 76,469 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $7,850,000 after acquiring an additional 27,053 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 101.8% in the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 338,368 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $34,737,000 after acquiring an additional 170,707 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.