Seaport Res Ptn Has Negative Outlook of Pentair Q2 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Pentair in a report released on Wednesday, February 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst S. Graham now anticipates that the industrial products company will earn $1.33 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.36. The consensus estimate for Pentair's current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Pentair's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.23 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.19 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.78 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.11 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.47 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.37 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.33 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.28 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently commented on PNR. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of Pentair in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $125.00 price target on the stock. Oppenheimer increased their target price on Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Pentair from $106.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on Pentair from $106.00 to $114.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $115.00 price objective on shares of Pentair in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $111.25.

Pentair Stock Down 0.9 %

PNR stock traded down $0.89 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $97.10. 1,572,731 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,347,401. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $102.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $97.57. The company has a market capitalization of $16.04 billion, a PE ratio of 25.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.20. Pentair has a twelve month low of $72.63 and a twelve month high of $110.71. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.08 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $972.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $970.95 million. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 15.32%. The business's revenue was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.87 EPS.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 24th were issued a $0.25 dividend. This is a positive change from Pentair's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.03%. Pentair's dividend payout ratio is 26.74%.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PNR. Independent Advisor Alliance increased its position in shares of Pentair by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Independent Advisor Alliance now owns 7,628 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $768,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its position in Pentair by 11.0% during the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,194 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $120,000 after purchasing an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in Pentair by 16.1% during the 4th quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 916 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $92,000 after purchasing an additional 127 shares during the period. Inspire Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 1.6% in the third quarter. Inspire Advisors LLC now owns 8,121 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $794,000 after purchasing an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quarry LP lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 105.5% in the third quarter. Quarry LP now owns 261 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 134 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.