Seaport Res Ptn Estimates Pentair's Q3 Earnings (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn upped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Pentair in a report issued on Thursday, December 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst S. Graham now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.29 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.25. The consensus estimate for Pentair's current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Pentair's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.95 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.50 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.40 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.44 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on PNR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Pentair from $106.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $115.00 price target on shares of Pentair in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Mizuho lifted their price target on Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $101.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $107.13.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:PNR traded down $0.37 during trading on Monday, hitting $107.74. 548,060 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,522,886. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $102.04 and its 200 day simple moving average is $89.96. The company has a market cap of $17.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.03, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.20. Pentair has a 52-week low of $66.77 and a 52-week high of $110.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 0.91.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $993.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $988.53 million. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.48% and a net margin of 16.29%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.94 EPS.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 18th were given a $0.23 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, October 18th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.85%. Pentair's payout ratio is 23.00%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.67, for a total transaction of $357,615.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,232 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,916,853.44. This trade represents a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 1.28% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PNR. Crewe Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Pentair by 376.1% in the second quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 338 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 267 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP lifted its position in shares of Pentair by 105.5% in the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 261 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 134 shares during the period. Family Firm Inc. bought a new stake in Pentair in the second quarter valued at $48,000. Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Pentair by 165.2% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 525 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 327 shares during the last quarter. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC boosted its position in Pentair by 4,450.0% in the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 637 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $62,000 after purchasing an additional 623 shares during the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is currently 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.