Seaport Res Ptn Comments on Pentair’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Pentair in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, October 22nd. Seaport Res Ptn analyst S. Graham now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.35 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.36. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.27 per share.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on PNR. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $101.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $106.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. Mizuho lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $90.00 to $98.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Finally, Northcoast Research downgraded shares of Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, July 19th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $104.80.

Pentair Price Performance

NYSE PNR opened at $98.96 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. Pentair has a 12-month low of $57.40 and a 12-month high of $101.00. The company has a market capitalization of $16.43 billion, a PE ratio of 26.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.20. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $92.82 and its 200-day moving average is $84.94.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced 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. The firm had revenue of $993.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $988.53 million. Pentair had a net margin of 16.29% and a return on equity of 20.48%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.94 EPS.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 18th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 18th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.93%. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 24.47%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its position in Pentair by 1.5% during the second quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 7,956 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $610,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the period. Wedmont Private Capital boosted its position in shares of Pentair by 3.9% in the second quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 3,403 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $270,000 after acquiring an additional 128 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its position in shares of Pentair by 3.8% in the second quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 3,485 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $267,000 after acquiring an additional 129 shares during the period. Inspire Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Pentair by 1.6% in the third quarter. Inspire Advisors LLC now owns 8,121 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $794,000 after acquiring an additional 130 shares during the period. Finally, Retirement Systems of Alabama boosted its position in shares of Pentair by 0.4% in the second quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 36,624 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,808,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.