Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of Pentair Q2 Earnings

Key Points

• Analysts at Zacks Research revised their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimate for Pentair from $1.49 to $1.50, showing a positive outlook for the company.
• Pentair recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, which will be paid on November 7th, representing an annualized yield of 0.9%.
• The company received mixed ratings from analysts, with two giving a Strong Buy while most maintain a "Moderate Buy" consensus rating and an average price target of $116.21.

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q2 2026 earnings per share 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 $1.50 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.49. The consensus estimate for Pentair's current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair's Q1 2027 earnings at $1.36 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.39 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.64 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Bank of America downgraded Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and decreased their price objective for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Pentair from $116.00 to $126.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of Pentair in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. 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 investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $116.21.

Pentair Stock Performance

PNR stock opened at $110.29 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $108.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $100.52. The company has a market capitalization of $18.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.14, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.10. Pentair has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $113.95.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.22 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pentair

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. CWM LLC boosted its position in Pentair by 138.3% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 49,064 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $5,434,000 after buying an additional 28,477 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its position in Pentair by 3,428.7% in the third quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 512,402 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $56,754,000 after buying an additional 497,881 shares during the last quarter. Norden Group LLC boosted its position in Pentair by 55.2% in the third quarter. Norden Group LLC now owns 5,103 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $565,000 after buying an additional 1,815 shares during the last quarter. World Investment Advisors purchased a new stake in Pentair in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $253,000. Finally, Swedbank AB boosted its position in Pentair by 11.9% in the 3rd quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 952,729 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $105,524,000 after purchasing an additional 101,257 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 24th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pentair's payout ratio is presently 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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