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 boosted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Pentair in a note issued to investors on Friday, September 12th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $4.83 per share for the year, up from their previous 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.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Wall Street Zen raised Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. Bank of America downgraded Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. TD Cowen downgraded Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $115.00 to $110.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Citigroup reissued a "buy" rating and set a $125.00 price target (up previously from $99.00) on shares of Pentair in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $114.36.

Pentair Price Performance

PNR opened at $111.00 on Monday. Pentair has a 12-month low of $74.25 and a 12-month high of $112.91. The company has a current ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $106.07 and its 200-day simple moving average is $97.17. The company has a market capitalization of $18.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.33, a PEG ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 1.08.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of PNR. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Pentair by 5.9% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 8,970,940 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $920,957,000 after purchasing an additional 501,506 shares during the last quarter. Amundi increased its position in shares of Pentair by 13.6% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 4,974,612 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $412,033,000 after buying an additional 594,989 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its position in shares of Pentair by 19.1% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 4,129,805 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $361,275,000 after buying an additional 661,154 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of Pentair by 16.5% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,829,985 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $335,047,000 after buying an additional 541,461 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its stake in shares of Pentair by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 3,468,651 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $349,085,000 after acquiring an additional 217,867 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.37% of the company's stock.

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.

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