Zacks Research Issues Negative Outlook for Pentair Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Pentair in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, February 18th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the industrial products company will earn $1.01 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.09. The consensus estimate for Pentair's current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair's Q4 2025 earnings at $1.19 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.19 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.46 EPS.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly 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 net margin of 15.32% and a return on equity of 20.94%. The firm had revenue of $972.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $970.95 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.87 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis.

PNR has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Barclays raised their price objective on Pentair from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Pentair in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $125.00 price target on the stock. Northcoast Research raised shares of Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $125.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and set a $115.00 target price 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 data from MarketBeat, Pentair presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $111.25.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:PNR traded down $2.36 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $92.89. The stock had a trading volume of 1,660,756 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,352,196. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.60. Pentair has a 1-year low of $72.63 and a 1-year high of $110.71. The stock has a market cap of $15.35 billion, a PE ratio of 24.84, a PEG ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.20. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $100.54 and a 200-day moving average price of $97.99.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 24th were paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.08%. This is an increase from Pentair's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 24th. Pentair's payout ratio is 26.74%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in Pentair by 27.9% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,962,263 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $197,482,000 after purchasing an additional 428,184 shares during the period. Teacher Retirement System of Texas raised its stake in shares of Pentair by 219.0% in the fourth quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 604,758 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $60,863,000 after acquiring an additional 415,163 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its stake in Pentair by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 6,101,253 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $614,030,000 after acquiring an additional 396,581 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI raised its stake in Pentair by 862.2% in the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 441,887 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $43,212,000 after buying an additional 395,962 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Pentair during the fourth quarter worth approximately $36,568,000. 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.