Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Pentair Q4 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Pentair in a report released on Tuesday, December 17th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.16 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.15. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.27 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.43 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.32 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.30 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on PNR. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $115.00 price target on shares of Pentair in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Oppenheimer raised their target price on Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Pentair from $106.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Pentair in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 price objective for the company. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of Pentair from $93.00 to $103.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Pentair currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $109.38.

Pentair Stock Up 1.0 %

PNR stock opened at $101.95 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $16.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $103.92 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $91.58. Pentair has a 1-year low of $68.08 and a 1-year high of $110.71.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.02. Pentair had a net margin of 16.29% and a return on equity of 20.48%. The business had revenue of $993.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $988.53 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.94 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in PNR. Crewe Advisors LLC increased its stake in Pentair by 376.1% in the second quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 338 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 267 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP increased its position in shares of Pentair by 105.5% during the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 261 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 134 shares during the last quarter. Family Firm Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Pentair during the 2nd quarter valued at about $48,000. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its position in 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, True Wealth Design LLC lifted its position in Pentair by 4,450.0% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 637 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $62,000 after buying an additional 623 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Pentair news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 19,232 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,916,853.44. The trade was a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Friday, January 24th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.98%. This is a boost from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 24th. Pentair’s payout ratio is presently 25.00%.

About Pentair

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.