Zacks Research Has Bullish Forecast for Pentair Q1 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Pentair in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, December 17th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.10 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.09. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.32 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.80 EPS.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $988.53 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.94 earnings per share. Pentair’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on PNR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Pentair from $106.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Pentair from $115.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of Pentair from $95.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $109.38.

Pentair Stock Down 0.2 %

PNR stock opened at $100.98 on Thursday. Pentair has a one year low of $68.08 and a one year high of $110.71. The firm has a market cap of $16.69 billion, a PE ratio of 25.25, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.20. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $103.83 and its 200-day moving average price is $91.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.60.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Raymond James & Associates grew its holdings in Pentair by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 70,833 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $5,431,000 after acquiring an additional 3,135 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 3.8% during the second quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 3,485 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $267,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. increased its holdings in Pentair by 244.7% in the second quarter. Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V. now owns 37,476 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,873,000 after buying an additional 26,604 shares during the last quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama raised its stake in Pentair by 0.4% in the second quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 36,624 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,808,000 after buying an additional 139 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Family Firm Inc. acquired a new stake in Pentair in the second quarter valued at $48,000. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of Pentair stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The stock was 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 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 filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 24th will be given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 24th. This is a boost from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.