Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.10 EPS

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The industrial products company reported $1.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.10, Zacks reports. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 15.32%. The company had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $988.38 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.94 earnings per share. Pentair updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.310-1.350 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 4.650-4.800 EPS.

Pentair Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of NYSE:PNR traded down $0.17 on Friday, hitting $90.01. 884,476 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,502,803. Pentair has a 1-year low of $72.63 and a 1-year high of $110.71. The company has a market capitalization of $14.85 billion, a PE ratio of 24.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.60. The firm's 50-day moving average is $86.77 and its 200 day moving average is $96.90.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 18th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.11%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 17th. Pentair's dividend payout ratio is presently 25.84%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have weighed in on PNR shares. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Pentair from $110.00 to $111.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday. Mizuho set a $100.00 target price on shares of Pentair in a report on Tuesday. Baird R W upgraded Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $95.00 price objective on Pentair and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, UBS Group decreased their target price on Pentair from $115.00 to $110.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $106.93.

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.