Zacks Research Has Positive Forecast for Pentair Q3 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Pentair in a report issued on Monday, January 20th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.23 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.22. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.17 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.81 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.28 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.32 EPS.

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

PNR has been the topic of a number of other reports. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of Pentair from $115.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. KeyCorp restated a “sector weight” rating and issued a $115.00 target price on shares of Pentair in a report on Monday, January 6th. Barclays upped their price target on Pentair from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $115.00 price target on shares of Pentair in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Mizuho raised 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. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $111.13.

Pentair Trading Up 2.2 %

Shares of NYSE:PNR opened at $105.34 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $17.40 billion, a PE ratio of 26.33, a PEG ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.21. The business has a 50 day moving average of $104.24 and a two-hundred day moving average of $95.42. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. Pentair has a 12-month low of $70.59 and a 12-month high of $110.71.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Pentair by 753.8% in the 4th quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 333 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 294 shares during the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC lifted its stake in shares of Pentair by 116.1% in the fourth quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 22,793 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,294,000 after buying an additional 12,246 shares in the last quarter. Donoghue Forlines LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,969,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Pentair by 18,860.0% during the 4th quarter. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. now owns 948 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $95,000 after acquiring an additional 943 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its position in shares of Pentair by 140.6% during the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 35,247 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,547,000 after buying an additional 20,597 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Pentair

In related news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.67, for a total value 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.28% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Friday, January 24th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.95%. This is a boost from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Pentair’s payout ratio 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.