Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of Pentair Q4 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Zacks Research increased their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Pentair in a report issued on Tuesday, December 17th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $1.16 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.15. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q1 2026 earnings at $1.27 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.43 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.32 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.30 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Pentair in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 price target on the stock. UBS Group boosted their target price on Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $115.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Oppenheimer lifted their target price on shares of Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Pentair from $93.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $109.38.

Pentair Trading Down 0.2 %

NYSE PNR opened at $100.98 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.25, a P/E/G ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.20. Pentair has a 52-week low of $68.08 and a 52-week high of $110.71. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $103.83 and a 200 day moving average price of $91.42.

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

Pentair Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 24th. This is a positive change from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.99%. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio is currently 23.00%.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of Pentair stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 1st. The shares were 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 $1,916,853.44. This trade represents a 15.72 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pentair

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Crewe Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Pentair by 376.1% in the 2nd quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 338 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 267 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP grew its holdings in Pentair by 105.5% in the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 261 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 134 shares in the last quarter. Family Firm Inc. acquired a new stake in Pentair in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $48,000. Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake 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 acquiring an additional 327 shares in the last quarter. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 4,450.0% during the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 637 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $62,000 after purchasing an additional 623 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.