Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Pentair Q1 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Pentair in a note issued to investors on Thursday, November 14th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.09 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.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $101.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $93.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $105.13.

Pentair Stock Up 0.1 %

NYSE:PNR opened at $105.92 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $17.50 billion, a PE ratio of 26.48, a P/E/G ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.19. Pentair has a one year low of $62.04 and a one year high of $107.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $97.70 and its 200 day simple moving average is $87.36.

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

Institutional Trading of Pentair

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. State Street Corp increased its stake in Pentair by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,756,075 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $856,257,000 after purchasing an additional 259,922 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,704,672 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $557,860,000 after acquiring an additional 258,134 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,999,519 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $389,800,000 after acquiring an additional 19,853 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 2,944,812 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $225,779,000 after acquiring an additional 20,946 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,727,718 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $209,132,000 after acquiring an additional 53,787 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pentair

In other Pentair news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the executive vice president now owns 19,232 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,916,853.44. The trade was a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Pentair Announces Dividend

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