Zacks Research Weighs in on Pentair's Q3 Earnings (NYSE:PNR)

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Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Pentair in a research note issued to investors on Monday, August 18th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.18 per share 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. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.15 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.82 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.48 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.34 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.28 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.30 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.33 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.49 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.53 EPS.

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

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Barclays boosted their price objective 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. Bank of America cut shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $114.36.

Pentair Trading Up 3.9%

Pentair stock traded up $4.0520 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $108.4920. The company had a trading volume of 1,257,989 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,523,228. The firm has a market cap of $17.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.64, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.07. 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 has a 1 year low of $74.25 and a 1 year high of $110.71. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $103.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $95.81.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of PNR. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in shares of Pentair during the 4th quarter worth approximately $14,989,000. Mariner LLC raised its stake in shares of Pentair by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 40,691 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $4,095,000 after acquiring an additional 231 shares in the last quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC raised its stake in shares of Pentair by 15.2% during the 4th quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 2,734 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $275,000 after acquiring an additional 360 shares in the last quarter. Bridgewater Associates LP acquired a new position in Pentair during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $239,000. Finally, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board increased its stake in Pentair by 34.7% during the 4th quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 22,524 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $2,267,000 after purchasing an additional 5,800 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.