Zacks Research Comments on Pentair’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Research analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for 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 earn $1.10 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast 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.

Several other equities research analysts also recently commented on PNR. TD Cowen upped their price objective on shares of Pentair from $95.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Mizuho raised their price objective on Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Pentair from $106.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $109.38.

Pentair Stock Performance

Pentair stock traded up $0.26 during trading on Thursday, hitting $101.43. The stock had a trading volume of 219,292 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,509,991. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $103.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $91.36. Pentair has a 1 year low of $68.08 and a 1 year high of $110.71. The stock has a market cap of $16.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.20.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $993.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $988.53 million. The business’s revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.94 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its stake in Pentair by 91.7% in the second quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,082,362 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $159,655,000 after acquiring an additional 996,325 shares during the period. Interval Partners LP grew its holdings in shares of Pentair by 289.6% during the second quarter. Interval Partners LP now owns 956,117 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $73,305,000 after buying an additional 710,703 shares in the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its stake in Pentair by 862.2% in the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 441,887 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $43,212,000 after acquiring an additional 395,962 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair in the third quarter worth $26,748,000. Finally, State Street Corp lifted its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 259,922 shares during the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.67, for a total transaction of $357,615.96. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,232 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,916,853.44. This represents a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Company insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed 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 is a boost from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.99%. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio is presently 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.