Zacks Research Analysts Lower Earnings Estimates for Pentair

Key Points

• Zacks Research analysts have lowered their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for Pentair from $1.34 to $1.30 per share, while the full-year earnings estimate stands at $4.77 per share.
• Pentair recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25, which will be paid on November 7th, representing an annualized dividend yield of 0.9%.
• The stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" with an average target price of $116.21, reflecting various analysts' upgraded ratings over the past months.

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for Pentair in a report issued on Wednesday, October 15th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.30 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.34. The consensus estimate for Pentair's current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair's Q4 2026 earnings at $1.26 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.28 EPS.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.06. The business 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 revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business 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.

PNR has been the subject of a number of other reports. Stifel Nicolaus lifted 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. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Weiss Ratings restated a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of Pentair in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Oppenheimer increased their price objective on Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Barclays lifted their target price on Pentair from $117.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Pentair has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $116.21.

Pentair Trading Down 1.5%

Shares of PNR opened at $108.65 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.45. The company has a market cap of $17.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.69, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.10. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $108.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $100.66. Pentair has a 52-week low of $74.25 and a 52-week high of $113.95.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. First Horizon Advisors Inc. grew its position 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 worth $35,000 after buying an additional 177 shares during the period. Garde Capital Inc. bought a new position in Pentair during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $41,000. North Star Investment Management Corp. boosted its stake in Pentair by 91.5% during the 2nd quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 404 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 193 shares during the last quarter. North Capital Inc. acquired a new position in Pentair during the first quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Finally, Horizon Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in Pentair in the first quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

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

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