Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Pentair Q1 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for Pentair in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, August 14th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $1.19 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.17. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.46 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.33 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.27 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $5.25 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.32 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.47 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.49 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on shares of Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. Mizuho lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Bank of America downgraded shares of Pentair from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $114.36.

Pentair Trading Down 1.5%

Pentair stock opened at $105.04 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $103.00 and its 200-day moving average is $95.57. 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 1 year low of $74.25 and a 1 year high of $110.71. The company has a market cap of $17.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.70, a PEG ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.07.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.06. Pentair had a net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 21.62%. The company had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.12 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.22 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in PNR. Parvin Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $33,000. 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 purchasing an additional 240 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Horizon Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 105.4% in the 2nd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 345 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 177 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.