Zacks Research Issues Negative Forecast for Pentair Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Pentair in a report issued on Monday, January 20th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $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 released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.02. Pentair had a net margin of 16.29% and a return on equity of 20.48%. The company had revenue of $993.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $988.53 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.94 EPS. Pentair’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Pentair from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Citigroup cut their price objective on Pentair from $126.00 to $119.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Mizuho increased their target price on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Pentair from $106.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Wolfe Research started coverage on Pentair in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 price objective for the company. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $111.13.

Pentair Stock Performance

NYSE PNR opened at $104.23 on Thursday. Pentair has a fifty-two week low of $70.59 and a fifty-two week high of $110.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.60. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $104.17 and its two-hundred day moving average is $95.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.21.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. National Bank of Canada FI increased its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 395,962 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Pentair in the 3rd quarter valued at $26,748,000. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Pentair by 3.1% in the third 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 period. FMR LLC grew its holdings in Pentair by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,704,672 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $557,860,000 after buying an additional 258,134 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 44.7% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 672,870 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $51,589,000 after acquiring an additional 207,830 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity 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 value of $357,615.96. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,232 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,916,853.44. The trade was a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Pentair Increases Dividend

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

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.