Brokers Issue Forecasts for Pentair’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Pentair in a research note issued to investors on Monday, January 20th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.09 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.10. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q3 2026 earnings at $1.33 EPS.

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

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Oppenheimer increased their price target on Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Pentair from $115.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of Pentair in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 target price on the stock. Finally, UBS Group raised their price target on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $111.13.

Pentair Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of Pentair stock opened at $104.69 on Thursday. 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 has a twelve month low of $70.59 and a twelve month high of $110.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.30 billion, a PE ratio of 26.17, a P/E/G ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.21. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $104.21 and its 200 day moving average price is $95.48.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Friday, January 24th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.96%. This is a boost from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Pentair’s payout ratio is 23.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.67, for a total value of $357,615.96. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,232 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,916,853.44. This trade represents a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 1.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. National Bank of Canada FI boosted its stake in Pentair by 862.2% in the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 441,887 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $43,212,000 after acquiring an additional 395,962 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Pentair during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $26,748,000. State Street Corp raised its position in Pentair by 3.1% in 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 during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its stake in Pentair by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,704,672 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $557,860,000 after purchasing an additional 258,134 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Pentair by 44.7% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 672,870 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $51,589,000 after purchasing an additional 207,830 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other 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.