Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.06 EPS

Key Points

• Pentair reported a quarterly EPS of $1.24, exceeding analysts' expectations by $0.06, with revenues reaching $1.02 billion.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, representing a yield of 0.9% and a payout ratio of 27.32%.
• Analysts have positive outlooks on Pentair, with price targets boosted by multiple firms, resulting in an average consensus target price of $116.50.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The industrial products company reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.06, Zacks reports. The firm had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.09 earnings per share. Pentair updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 1.110-1.160 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 4.850-4.900 EPS.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of PNR stock opened at $109.31 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $17.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.87, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.84. Pentair has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $113.95. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $109.18 and a two-hundred day moving average of $101.24.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 24th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 24th. Pentair's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.32%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in Pentair during the 2nd quarter valued at about $222,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Pentair by 106.3% during the 2nd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,859 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $193,000 after purchasing an additional 958 shares during the period. MUFG Securities EMEA plc acquired a new position in Pentair during the 2nd quarter valued at about $50,000. MML Investors Services LLC boosted its stake in Pentair by 43.5% during the 2nd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 10,290 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $1,056,000 after purchasing an additional 3,118 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. boosted its stake in Pentair by 5.8% during the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 9,350 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $960,000 after purchasing an additional 513 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently commented on PNR. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Barclays boosted their price target on Pentair from $117.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Citigroup boosted their price target on Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. Finally, Bank of America downgraded 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 report on Tuesday, July 29th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $116.50.

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.

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