Seaport Res Ptn Comments on Pentair's Q3 Earnings (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Pentair in a research note issued on Tuesday, July 22nd. Seaport Res Ptn analyst S. Graham now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.18 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.17. The consensus estimate for Pentair's current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Pentair's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.16 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.85 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.49 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.32 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.30 EPS.

PNR has been the topic of a number of other reports. Citigroup reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $125.00 price objective (up from $99.00) on shares of Pentair in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Barclays boosted their price target on Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $115.46.

Pentair Stock Performance

Shares of Pentair stock traded up $0.35 during trading on Thursday, reaching $103.20. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,666,946 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,876,259. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a current ratio of 1.45. The business's fifty day moving average price is $101.60 and its 200-day moving average price is $95.46. The firm has a market cap of $16.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.09. Pentair has a one year low of $74.25 and a one year high of $110.71.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%. The company had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.12 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.22 earnings per share. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of PNR. Parvin Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $33,000. Colonial Trust Co SC boosted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 230.8% in the 4th quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 344 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 240 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Horizon Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $38,000. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pentair

In other news, Director David A. /Wi Jones sold 6,558 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $89.94, for a total value of $589,826.52. Following the sale, the director directly owned 26,313 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,366,591.22. This represents a 19.95% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 1.10% of the company's stock.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 18th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 18th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.97%. Pentair's dividend payout ratio is currently 27.32%.

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.