FY2025 EPS Estimates for Pentair Increased by Zacks Research

Key Points

• Zacks Research has increased its FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate for Pentair to $4.83, slightly above the previous forecast of $4.82.
• Various analysts have mixed ratings on Pentair, with a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a price target averaging $114.36.
• Pentair reported Q2 earnings of $1.39 EPS, surpassing the consensus estimate, and has set Q3 2025 guidance between $1.160 and $1.20 EPS.

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research upped their FY2025 earnings estimates for Pentair in a report released on Friday, September 12th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $4.83 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $4.82. The consensus estimate for Pentair's current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.16 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.49 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.32 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.35 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.50 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.59 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Oppenheimer lifted their price target on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Mizuho lifted their price target on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Bank of America cut shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and reduced their price target for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $114.36.

Pentair Trading Down 1.1%

Pentair stock traded down $1.20 during trading on Monday, reaching $110.32. The company had a trading volume of 2,172,932 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,054,122. Pentair has a 12-month low of $74.25 and a 12-month high of $112.91. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $106.48 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $97.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.14, a PEG ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.45.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.06. Pentair had a net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 21.62%. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.22 earnings per share. Pentair's revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Pentair in the first quarter worth $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Pentair in the first quarter worth $33,000. First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Pentair by 105.4% in the second quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 345 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 177 shares during the last quarter. Horizon Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Pentair in the first quarter worth $38,000. Finally, North Capital Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Pentair in the first quarter worth $38,000. 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.