Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Pentair Q1 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Pentair in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst S. Graham now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.02 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.07. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on PNR. StockNews.com cut shares of Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Pentair from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $115.00 price target on shares of Pentair in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $119.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated a “sector weight” rating and set a $115.00 price target on shares of Pentair in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $111.25.

Pentair Trading Down 0.8 %

NYSE:PNR opened at $97.88 on Friday. 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 12 month low of $72.44 and a 12 month high of $110.71. The company has a market cap of $16.17 billion, a PE ratio of 24.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $102.88 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $97.25.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.08 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.02 by $0.06. Pentair had a net margin of 16.29% and a return on equity of 20.48%. The business had revenue of $972.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $970.95 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.87 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 24th were paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.02%. This is a boost from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Pentair’s payout ratio is presently 26.74%.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of PNR. Quarry LP increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 105.5% in the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 261 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the last quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 753.8% in the 4th quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 333 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 294 shares during the last quarter. Eastern Bank increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 144.9% in the 4th quarter. Eastern Bank now owns 507 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $51,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 165.2% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 525 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $51,000 after buying an additional 327 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Friedenthal Financial bought a new stake in shares of Pentair in the 4th quarter worth about $56,000. 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.