Seaport Res Ptn Has Positive Outlook for Pentair Q3 Earnings

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Pentair in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, December 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst S. Graham now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.29 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.25. The consensus estimate for Pentair’s current full-year earnings is $4.28 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.22 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.95 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.50 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.40 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.44 EPS.

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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $993.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $988.53 million. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.48% and a net margin of 16.29%. Pentair’s revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.94 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on PNR. KeyCorp lifted their price target on Pentair from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. UBS Group lifted their target price on Pentair from $100.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Pentair from $101.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. TD Cowen lifted their target price on Pentair from $95.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Pentair in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 target price on the stock. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $108.69.

Pentair Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of PNR opened at $107.88 on Monday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $102.47 and its 200 day moving average price is $90.32. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.97, a P/E/G ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.20. Pentair has a 1-year low of $66.77 and a 1-year high of $110.71. The company has a current ratio of 1.60, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pentair

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Quarry LP lifted 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 purchasing an additional 134 shares during the last quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC increased its position in 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 buying an additional 267 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in Pentair by 165.2% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 525 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $51,000 after buying an additional 327 shares during the period. Family Firm Inc. bought a new position in Pentair in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $48,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC increased its position in Pentair by 4,450.0% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 637 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $62,000 after buying an additional 623 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Philip M. Rolchigo sold 3,588 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $99.67, for a total value of $357,615.96. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,232 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,916,853.44. The trade was a 15.72 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 1st. Investors of record on Friday, October 18th were issued a $0.23 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 18th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.85%. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.00%.

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.