Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Pentair Q3 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Zacks Research cut their Q3 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pentair in a report issued on Wednesday, October 15th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.30 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.34. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q4 2026 earnings at $1.26 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.28 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Wall Street Zen raised Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Pentair in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Barclays increased their target price on Pentair from $117.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Pentair from $116.00 to $126.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $116.21.

Pentair Stock Up 0.1%

PNR stock opened at $108.82 on Friday. Pentair has a fifty-two week low of $74.25 and a fifty-two week high of $113.95. The business’s 50-day moving average is $109.05 and its two-hundred day moving average is $100.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.45. The company has a market cap of $17.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.73, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.10.

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

Pentair Announces Dividend

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in Pentair by 14.0% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,964 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $347,000 after acquiring an additional 487 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp raised its holdings in Pentair by 6.6% during the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 4,075 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $356,000 after acquiring an additional 253 shares during the period. Ritholtz Wealth Management raised its holdings in Pentair by 44.7% during the first quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 3,031 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $265,000 after acquiring an additional 937 shares during the period. CWA Asset Management Group LLC raised its holdings in Pentair by 9.0% during the first quarter. CWA Asset Management Group LLC now owns 2,868 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $251,000 after acquiring an additional 236 shares during the period. Finally, State of Alaska Department of Revenue raised its holdings in Pentair by 2.7% during the first quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 19,345 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,692,000 after acquiring an additional 500 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.