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

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research decreased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Pentair in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, May 6th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.16 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.22. The consensus estimate for Pentair's current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair's Q1 2026 earnings at $1.13 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.39 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.22 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.04 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.29 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.41 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on PNR. Baird R W raised shares of Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 25th. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on shares of Pentair from $114.00 to $107.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Mizuho set a $100.00 price objective on shares of Pentair in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Barclays upped their target price on Pentair from $110.00 to $111.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on Pentair from $125.00 to $102.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $106.93.

Pentair Stock Performance

NYSE PNR traded down $0.01 on Thursday, hitting $93.52. 1,195,867 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,502,425. The company has a market capitalization of $15.39 billion, a PE ratio of 25.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The business's fifty day moving average is $86.52 and its 200 day moving average is $96.45. Pentair has a 52 week low of $72.63 and a 52 week high of $110.71.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.10. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 15.32%. The business had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $988.38 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.94 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PNR. Moody National Bank Trust Division acquired a new stake in shares of Pentair in the fourth quarter valued at about $989,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Pentair by 55.0% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 809 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $81,000 after purchasing an additional 287 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. bought a new position in shares of Pentair during the 4th quarter worth approximately $289,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Pentair in the fourth quarter worth $36,568,000. Finally, Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its stake in Pentair by 22.2% during the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 23,712 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $2,386,000 after buying an additional 4,308 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Pentair

In other news, Director David A. /Wi Jones sold 6,558 shares of Pentair stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $89.94, for a total transaction of $589,826.52. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 26,313 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,366,591.22. This trade represents a 19.95 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 18th. Pentair's payout ratio is 25.84%.

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.