Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Updates FY25 Earnings Guidance

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of ~$4.65-4.80 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.84. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$4.08-4.16 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.22 billion. Pentair also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.650-4.800 EPS.

Pentair Stock Down 0.8 %

Shares of NYSE:PNR traded down $0.75 on Friday, reaching $97.88. The company had a trading volume of 964,685 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,455,971. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.17, a P/E/G ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.20. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $102.88 and a 200 day moving average price of $97.32. Pentair has a twelve month low of $72.44 and a twelve month high of $110.71. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.08 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 15.32%. The firm had revenue of $972.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $970.95 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.87 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts expect that Pentair will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Friday, January 24th were paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 24th. This is a positive change from Pentair's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.02%. Pentair's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 26.74%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have weighed in on PNR shares. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. KeyCorp reaffirmed a "sector weight" rating and issued a $115.00 target price on shares of Pentair in a report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com lowered Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Pentair from $93.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $111.25.

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.