Zacks Research Has Bullish Estimate for Pentair Q4 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research boosted their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Pentair in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, December 17th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.16 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.15. The consensus estimate for Pentair's current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair's Q1 2026 earnings at $1.27 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.43 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.32 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.30 EPS.

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

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $115.00 price objective on shares of Pentair in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on Pentair from $93.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Mizuho upped their price target on Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $109.38.

Pentair Trading Up 1.0 %

Shares of PNR stock traded up $0.97 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $101.95. 2,850,052 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,519,618. The company has a market cap of $16.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $103.83 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $91.42. Pentair has a 1-year low of $68.08 and a 1-year high of $110.71.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Crewe Advisors LLC raised its position in Pentair by 376.1% in the 2nd quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 338 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 267 shares during the last quarter. Quarry LP lifted its position in shares of Pentair by 105.5% during 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. Family Firm Inc. purchased a new position in Pentair during the second quarter worth about $48,000. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in 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 purchasing an additional 327 shares in the last quarter. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC increased its stake in Pentair by 4,450.0% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 637 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $62,000 after buying an additional 623 shares during the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Pentair

In other Pentair news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the executive vice president now owns 19,232 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,916,853.44. The trade was a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.28% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 24th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 24th. This is an increase from Pentair's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.98%. Pentair's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.00%.

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.