Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Pentair Q3 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pentair in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 18th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.22 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.23. The consensus estimate for Pentair's current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair's FY2025 earnings at $4.73 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.41 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.30 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.26 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.16 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price target on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $125.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Citigroup reduced their target price on Pentair from $126.00 to $119.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Barclays raised their target price on Pentair from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Pentair in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $125.00 price target for the company. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Pentair from $106.00 to $114.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Pentair has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $111.25.

Pentair Price Performance

NYSE:PNR traded down $2.36 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $92.89. 1,660,756 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,352,196. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46. The firm has a market cap of $15.35 billion, a PE ratio of 24.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.20. Pentair has a twelve month low of $72.63 and a twelve month high of $110.71. The stock's 50-day moving average is $100.54 and its 200-day moving average is $97.99.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of PNR. Harbour Investments Inc. raised its holdings in Pentair by 10.7% in the 3rd quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 6,585 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $644,000 after buying an additional 636 shares during the period. Moody National Bank Trust Division purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $989,000. Algert Global LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $479,000. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,704,672 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $557,860,000 after acquiring an additional 258,134 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Pathstone Holdings LLC boosted its position in shares of Pentair by 47.4% during the 3rd quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 19,881 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $1,944,000 after purchasing an additional 6,391 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Pentair Increases Dividend

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

Pentair Company Profile

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.