Zacks Research Equities Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pentair in a report released on Monday, September 16th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.06 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.07. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.25 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.27 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.15 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.63 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.41 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.21 EPS.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 23rd. The industrial products company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.09 billion. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.39% and a net margin of 16.05%. Pentair’s revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.03 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on Pentair from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Pentair from $92.00 to $98.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Pentair from $100.00 to $101.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. StockNews.com raised shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 24th. Finally, Northcoast Research cut shares of Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, July 19th. Five 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.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $92.87.

Pentair Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of PNR opened at $94.80 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $85.71 and a two-hundred day moving average of $82.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a current ratio of 1.65. The company has a market capitalization of $15.69 billion, a PE ratio of 25.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.20. Pentair has a fifty-two week low of $57.18 and a fifty-two week high of $95.87.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its position in Pentair by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 7,956 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $610,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the period. Wedmont Private Capital boosted its position in Pentair by 3.9% during the 2nd quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 3,403 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $270,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its position in Pentair by 3.8% during the 2nd quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 3,485 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $267,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares during the period. Retirement Systems of Alabama boosted its position in Pentair by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 36,624 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,808,000 after purchasing an additional 139 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Direct Indexing L.P. boosted its position in Pentair by 4.1% during the 1st quarter. First Trust Direct Indexing L.P. now owns 3,558 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $304,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.