Zacks Research Has Bearish Estimate for Pentair Q4 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Pentair in a report issued on Tuesday, May 6th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.14 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.19. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.10. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 15.32%. The firm had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $988.38 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.94 EPS.

PNR has been the subject of a number of other reports. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Pentair from $115.00 to $110.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Pentair from $125.00 to $102.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Mizuho set a $100.00 price objective on Pentair in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Baird R W upgraded Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 25th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $98.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Pentair has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $106.93.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of PNR stock opened at $93.52 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $86.52 and a 200-day simple moving average of $96.46. The company has a market capitalization of $15.39 billion, a PE ratio of 25.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.11. Pentair has a twelve month low of $72.63 and a twelve month high of $110.71. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 18th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 18th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.07%. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio is currently 25.84%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pentair

In related news, Director David A. /Wi Jones sold 6,558 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $89.94, for a total value of $589,826.52. Following the sale, the director now owns 26,313 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,366,591.22. This trade represents a 19.95 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pentair

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Pentair by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 20,216,366 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,034,575,000 after acquiring an additional 148,031 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its position in Pentair by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 6,101,253 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $614,030,000 after purchasing an additional 396,581 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Pentair by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,086,763 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $410,240,000 after purchasing an additional 87,244 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its holdings in shares of Pentair by 6.7% during the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 3,468,651 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $349,085,000 after buying an additional 217,867 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its position in shares of Pentair by 2.5% during the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,050,774 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $179,402,000 after buying an additional 50,718 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.