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Pentair (PNR) Competitors

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$93.31 +2.57 (+2.83%)
Closing price 05/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PNR vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, GGG, IEX, ITT, WWD, NDSN, and LECO

Should you be buying Pentair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pentair include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), ITT (ITT), Woodward (WWD), Nordson (NDSN), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Pentair vs.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

92.4% of Pentair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Pentair shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Pentair has a net margin of 15.32% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Pentair's return on equity of 20.94% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pentair15.32% 20.94% 11.05%
Ingersoll Rand 11.59%12.78%7.45%

Ingersoll Rand received 71 more outperform votes than Pentair when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 57.51% of users gave Pentair an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PentairOutperform Votes
666
57.51%
Underperform Votes
492
42.49%
Ingersoll RandOutperform Votes
737
61.67%
Underperform Votes
458
38.33%

Pentair has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Pentair pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Pentair presently has a consensus price target of $106.93, indicating a potential upside of 14.59%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus price target of $100.36, indicating a potential upside of 30.82%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Pentair.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pentair
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94
Ingersoll Rand
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Ingersoll Rand has higher revenue and earnings than Pentair. Pentair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ingersoll Rand, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pentair$4.08B3.77$625.40M$3.8724.11
Ingersoll Rand$7.24B4.27$838.60M$2.0637.24

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 18 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 14 mentions for Pentair. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Ingersoll Rand's score of 0.93 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pentair
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ingersoll Rand
14 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Pentair on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PNR vs. The Competition

MetricPentairSpecial industry machinery, except metalworking machinery IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.35B$7.78B$22.31B$19.19B
Dividend Yield1.11%0.85%2.59%4.00%
P/E Ratio24.9520.1031.1733.46
Price / Sales3.773.99172.6229.18
Price / Cash18.7722.6331.5117.52
Price / Book4.333.385.604.55
Net Income$625.40M$397.48M$194.12M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.67%2.15%2.52%2.26%
1 Month Performance14.54%4.62%20.04%2.90%
1 Year Performance17.21%-2.23%30.30%4.62%

Pentair Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNR
Pentair
4.7693 of 5 stars
$93.31
+2.8%
$106.93
+14.6%
+18.4%$15.35B$4.08B24.9511,200Insider Trade
Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.6898 of 5 stars
$74.81
-0.2%
$100.36
+34.2%
-17.4%$30.15B$7.24B36.3217,000Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
XYL
Xylem
4.3058 of 5 stars
$115.82
-0.2%
$147.33
+27.2%
-8.6%$28.18B$8.56B31.6417,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DOV
Dover
4.7458 of 5 stars
$170.23
+0.7%
$209.50
+23.1%
-2.1%$23.33B$7.73B8.7525,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
SNA
Snap-on
4.2119 of 5 stars
$309.48
+0.2%
$350.83
+13.4%
+18.7%$16.18B$4.67B15.8712,900
GGG
Graco
4.021 of 5 stars
$81.38
+0.0%
$93.00
+14.3%
+3.0%$13.60B$2.15B28.864,000Analyst Revision
IEX
IDEX
4.4336 of 5 stars
$174.03
+0.6%
$217.13
+24.8%
-17.7%$13.15B$3.27B26.178,870Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
ITT
ITT
3.74 of 5 stars
$137.44
+0.1%
$158.57
+15.4%
+13.7%$11.13B$3.63B21.8210,300Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
WWD
Woodward
3.2875 of 5 stars
$181.45
-0.2%
$193.75
+6.8%
+15.4%$10.77B$3.31B30.398,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
NDSN
Nordson
4.4871 of 5 stars
$188.70
+0.3%
$250.20
+32.6%
-26.6%$10.74B$2.67B24.017,330Positive News
LECO
Lincoln Electric
4.5942 of 5 stars
$184.21
-0.8%
$219.00
+18.9%
-17.6%$10.32B$4.01B22.6012,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:PNR) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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