Zacks Research Weighs in on Pentair’s Q3 Earnings (NYSE:PNR)

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Pentair in a research report issued on Monday, January 20th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.23 for the quarter, up from their previous 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 issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.02. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.48% and a net margin of 16.29%. The company had revenue of $993.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $988.53 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.94 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research firms have also recently weighed in on PNR. Mizuho lifted their target price on Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on Pentair from $93.00 to $103.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Pentair from $95.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. KeyCorp restated a “sector weight” rating and issued a $115.00 price target on shares of Pentair in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price objective on Pentair from $126.00 to $119.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $111.13.

Pentair Trading Up 2.2 %

Pentair stock opened at $105.34 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.60. Pentair has a 1 year low of $70.59 and a 1 year high of $110.71. The firm has a market cap of $17.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.21. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $104.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $95.42.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.95%. This is a positive change from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pentair

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pentair

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Harbour Investments Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 10.7% in the 3rd 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 during the last quarter. Moody National Bank Trust Division bought a new position in shares of Pentair in the 4th quarter worth about $989,000. Algert Global LLC purchased a new stake in Pentair during the 3rd quarter valued at about $479,000. FMR LLC boosted its stake in Pentair by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,704,672 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $557,860,000 after purchasing an additional 258,134 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Pathstone Holdings LLC lifted its stake in Pentair by 47.4% during the 3rd quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 19,881 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,944,000 after acquiring an additional 6,391 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

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.