Zacks Research Has Negative Estimate for Pentair Q3 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Pentair in a research note issued on Tuesday, February 18th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.22 for the quarter, down from their prior 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.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.08 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $972.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $970.95 million. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 15.32%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.87 earnings per share.

PNR has been the topic of several other reports. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Pentair from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Wolfe Research started coverage on shares of Pentair in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 price objective on the stock. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on shares of Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Northcoast Research raised Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, TD Cowen upped their price target on Pentair from $95.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six 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. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $111.25.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of Pentair stock opened at $96.15 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 1.20. Pentair has a one year low of $72.63 and a one year high of $110.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 1.60 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $101.09 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $97.93.

Institutional Trading of Pentair

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Parvin Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Pentair during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Quarry LP lifted its holdings 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 during the last quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its position 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 worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 294 shares in the last quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 230.8% in the 4th quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 344 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 240 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in Pentair by 165.2% during the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 525 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 327 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 24th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.04%. This is a positive change from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 26.74%.

About Pentair

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.