Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Stock Price Expected to Rise, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Analyst Says

Key Points

• Analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. have raised Pentair's price target from $116.00 to $126.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.21% from the previous close.
• Multiple brokerages have issued varying ratings for Pentair, with an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a target price of $116.21.
• Pentair reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $1.39 for the last quarter, surpassing analyst estimates, with a guidance for Q3 2025 set between $1.160 and $1.20 EPS.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) had its price objective lifted by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $116.00 to $126.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has an "overweight" rating on the industrial products company's stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s price objective indicates a potential upside of 13.21% from the stock's previous close.

Several other brokerages have also commented on PNR. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Bank of America lowered shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and lowered their target price for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird lifted 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. Finally, Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Pentair from $117.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Pentair has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $116.21.

Pentair Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of Pentair stock traded up $0.89 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $111.30. 152,130 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,457,313. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. Pentair has a 1 year low of $74.25 and a 1 year high of $113.95. The stock's fifty day moving average is $108.64 and its 200 day moving average is $100.45. The firm has a market cap of $18.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.10.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during 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%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.22 earnings per share. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Pentair will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pentair

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Pentair by 105.4% during the 2nd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 345 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 177 shares in the last quarter. Horizon Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in Pentair in the 1st quarter worth $38,000. North Capital Inc. purchased a new stake in Pentair in the 1st quarter worth $38,000. Garde Capital Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair during the 2nd quarter valued at about $41,000. Finally, North Star Investment Management Corp. raised its position in shares of Pentair by 91.5% during the 2nd quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 404 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 193 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors 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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