Zacks Research Has Bullish Outlook for Pentair Q1 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Pentair in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, November 14th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.09 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.08. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.15 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.77 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.26 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.42 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.33 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also weighed in on PNR. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Pentair from $105.00 to $108.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on shares of Pentair from $101.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. UBS Group boosted their target price on Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Pentair from $106.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Pentair from $95.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. 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, Pentair currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $105.13.

Pentair Stock Performance

NYSE PNR opened at $105.87 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $17.49 billion, a PE ratio of 26.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.19. Pentair has a twelve month low of $62.04 and a twelve month high of $107.78. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $98.09 and a 200-day simple moving average of $87.55. 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 (NYSE:PNR) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 return on equity of 20.48% and a net margin of 16.29%. The company had revenue of $993.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $988.53 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.94 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Harbour Investments Inc. raised its stake in Pentair by 10.7% during the 3rd quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 6,585 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $644,000 after acquiring an additional 636 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its holdings in shares of Pentair by 222.8% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 50,653 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $4,328,000 after purchasing an additional 34,959 shares during the last quarter. Swedbank AB increased its position in shares of Pentair by 0.9% during the second quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,146,271 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $87,885,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares in the last quarter. ORG Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair in the 2nd quarter valued at about $631,000. Finally, Intech Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 63.5% in the 1st quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 18,427 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,574,000 after purchasing an additional 7,157 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pentair

In other Pentair news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the 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 transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,232 shares in the company, valued at $1,916,853.44. This represents a 15.72 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 18th were issued a dividend of $0.23 per share. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 18th. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 23.00%.

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.