Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) has been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the sixteen analysts that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have assigned a hold recommendation, ten have given a buy recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $114.3571.

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on PNR shares. TD Cowen downgraded Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $115.00 to $110.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $125.00 price objective (up from $99.00) on shares of Pentair in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. Colonial Trust Co SC lifted its holdings in 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 in the last quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in 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 in the last quarter. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new position in Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $33,000. Finally, Garde Capital Inc. purchased a new position in Pentair in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $41,000. 92.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Pentair Trading Up 3.0%

Pentair stock opened at $110.01 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $105.41 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $96.45. The company has a market cap of $18.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.06, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.08. Pentair has a 52-week low of $74.25 and a 52-week high of $110.71. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.22 EPS. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS. Analysts predict that Pentair will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

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.