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

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Pentair in a research note issued 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 prior estimate 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.

A number of other equities analysts have also issued reports on PNR. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on Pentair from $90.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on Pentair from $92.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price target on Pentair from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Northcoast Research lowered Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, July 19th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Pentair from $100.00 to $101.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Pentair has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $92.87.

Pentair Stock Performance

NYSE PNR opened at $94.80 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 1.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. Pentair has a 52-week low of $57.18 and a 52-week high of $95.87. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $85.71 and its 200 day moving average price is $82.22. The firm has a market cap of $15.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 1.20.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pentair

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. UBS Group AG boosted its stake in shares of Pentair by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 479,261 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $34,847,000 after acquiring an additional 23,494 shares in the last quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,908,000. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System raised its position in shares of Pentair by 5.1% during the 1st quarter. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System now owns 185,155 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $15,820,000 after purchasing an additional 8,966 shares during the last quarter. Point72 Europe London LLP acquired a new position in shares of Pentair during the 4th quarter worth approximately $921,000. Finally, Kodai Capital Management LP acquired a new position in shares of Pentair during the 4th quarter worth approximately $173,280,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

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.