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PNR vs. DOV, FBIN, GEF, GGG, ITT, ITW, LII, MAS, PH, and SWK

Should you be buying Pentair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pentair include Dover (DOV), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Greif (GEF), Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK).

Pentair vs. Its Competitors

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and Dover (NYSE:DOV) are both large-cap industrial machinery companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

92.4% of Pentair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Dover shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Pentair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Dover shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Pentair presently has a consensus target price of $114.36, indicating a potential upside of 4.69%. Dover has a consensus target price of $213.92, indicating a potential upside of 17.78%. Given Dover's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Dover is more favorable than Pentair.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pentair
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Dover
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

In the previous week, Dover had 5 more articles in the media than Pentair. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Dover and 13 mentions for Pentair. Pentair's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Dover's score of 1.33 indicating that Pentair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pentair
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Dover
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pentair has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dover has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Pentair pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Pentair pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dover pays out 12.4% 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 has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Dover has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Dover has a net margin of 29.29% compared to Pentair's net margin of 14.86%. Pentair's return on equity of 21.62% beat Dover's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pentair14.86% 21.62% 11.88%
Dover 29.29%18.19%9.86%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pentair$4.08B4.39$625.40M$3.6629.85
Dover$7.75B3.22$2.70B$16.5810.95

Summary

Dover beats Pentair on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PNR vs. The Competition

MetricPentairWaste Removal Svcs IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.91B$10.53B$26.10B$21.29B
Dividend Yield0.92%1.22%2.79%3.53%
P/E Ratio29.8535.6728.2229.36
Price / Sales4.397.17827.7074.71
Price / Cash21.4616.8826.9423.64
Price / Book4.884.516.195.38
Net Income$625.40M$237.95M$197.87M$996.59M
7 Day Performance4.55%4.60%11.34%3.12%
1 Month Performance5.65%3.57%4.28%2.97%
1 Year Performance27.08%-3.34%46.07%12.83%

Pentair Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNR
Pentair
4.4702 of 5 stars
$109.23
-0.1%
$114.36
+4.7%
+27.5%$17.91B$4.08B29.859,750Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.9459 of 5 stars
$177.08
+0.3%
$213.92
+20.8%
+0.2%$24.28B$7.83B10.6824,000Positive News
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.8701 of 5 stars
$58.85
+0.3%
$75.91
+29.0%
-24.9%$7.06B$4.61B18.5111,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
GEF
Greif
3.7013 of 5 stars
$67.04
-0.8%
$74.83
+11.6%
+4.5%$3.18B$5.45B18.8814,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Gap Up
GGG
Graco
3.4878 of 5 stars
$84.86
+0.5%
$94.50
+11.4%
+6.6%$14.06B$2.17B30.094,300Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.3155 of 5 stars
$166.49
+0.7%
$179.22
+7.6%
+27.0%$12.99B$3.63B26.1811,700Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.5392 of 5 stars
$259.45
+0.3%
$259.33
0.0%
+7.1%$75.63B$15.90B22.7444,000Positive News
LII
Lennox International
4.5128 of 5 stars
$599.34
+1.3%
$635.33
+6.0%
-1.9%$21.05B$5.34B25.6214,200News Coverage
Insider Trade
MAS
Masco
4.8182 of 5 stars
$73.17
-0.5%
$74.13
+1.3%
-5.7%$15.32B$7.83B19.4118,000Positive News
Insider Trade
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.6138 of 5 stars
$736.63
+0.9%
$768.71
+4.4%
+30.1%$94.13B$19.85B27.1661,120Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
4.9473 of 5 stars
$74.69
+0.9%
$89.40
+19.7%
-24.1%$11.56B$15.16B23.7148,500

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This page (NYSE:PNR) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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