Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 4.850-4.900 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 4.840. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.2 billion-$4.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.1 billion. Pentair also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 1.110-1.160 EPS.

Pentair Stock Down 0.2%

PNR opened at $109.10 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $109.24 and its 200-day simple moving average is $101.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.45. Pentair has a one year low of $74.25 and a one year high of $113.95. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 1.10.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The business had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.09 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Pentair has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.110-1.160 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.850-4.900 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Pentair will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, October 24th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 24th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.32%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently issued reports on PNR. Barclays raised their price target on Pentair from $117.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. Wall Street Zen raised Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Finally, Bank of America lowered Pentair from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Pentair currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $116.50.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pentair

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the 2nd quarter worth $222,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Pentair by 106.3% in the 2nd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,859 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $193,000 after buying an additional 958 shares during the period. MUFG Securities EMEA plc purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the 2nd quarter worth $50,000. MML Investors Services LLC raised its position in shares of Pentair by 43.5% in the 2nd quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 10,290 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,056,000 after buying an additional 3,118 shares during the period. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. raised its position in shares of Pentair by 5.8% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 9,350 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $960,000 after buying an additional 513 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other 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.