Zacks Research Has Strong Forecast for Pentair Q1 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Pentair in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, December 17th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.10 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.09. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.32 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $4.80 EPS.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.02. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.48% and a net margin of 16.29%. The firm 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 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other equities analysts also recently commented on the stock. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of Pentair in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 price target for the company. Mizuho lifted their price objective on Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 17th. KeyCorp boosted their target price on Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on Pentair from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $109.38.

Pentair Price Performance

Pentair stock opened at $101.95 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 0.91. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $103.83 and a 200-day simple moving average of $91.42. Pentair has a 12 month low of $68.08 and a 12 month high of $110.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.85 billion, a PE ratio of 25.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.20.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PNR. Harbour Investments Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Pentair by 10.7% during the third quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 6,585 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $644,000 after buying an additional 636 shares in the last quarter. Algert Global LLC purchased a new stake in Pentair in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $479,000. FMR LLC raised its holdings in Pentair by 4.7% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,704,672 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $557,860,000 after acquiring an additional 258,134 shares during the last quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC lifted its stake 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. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 69.9% during the third quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 25,002 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,445,000 after purchasing an additional 10,284 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Pentair news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.67, for a total transaction of $357,615.96. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 19,232 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,916,853.44. This represents a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 24th. This is an increase from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Pentair’s payout ratio is 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.