Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and Trailblazer Resources (OTCMKTS:TBLZ) Critical Survey

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) and Trailblazer Resources (OTCMKTS:TBLZ) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.4% of Pentair shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Pentair shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pentair and Trailblazer Resources”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pentair	$4.08 billion	4.40	$625.40 million	$3.66	29.93
Trailblazer Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Pentair has higher revenue and earnings than Trailblazer Resources.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Pentair and Trailblazer Resources, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pentair	1	3	10	2	2.81
Trailblazer Resources	0	0	0	0	0.00

Pentair currently has a consensus price target of $114.36, suggesting a potential upside of 4.40%. Given Pentair’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pentair is more favorable than Trailblazer Resources.

Profitability

This table compares Pentair and Trailblazer Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pentair	14.86%	21.62%	11.88%
Trailblazer Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Pentair beats Trailblazer Resources on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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. The Water Solutions segment provides commercial and residential water treatment products and systems, including pressure tanks, control valves, activated carbon products, commercial ice machines, conventional filtration products, and point-of-entry and point-of-use water treatment systems, as well as installation and preventative services for use in residential whole home water filtration, drinking water filtration, and water softening solutions, as well as commercial total water management and filtration in foodservice operations. The Pool segment provides residential and commercial pool equipment and accessories comprising pumps, filters, heaters, lights, automatic controls, automatic cleaners, maintenance equipment, and pool accessories for applications in residential and commercial pool maintenance, pool repair, renovation, service, and construction and aquaculture solutions. Pentair plc was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Trailblazer Resources

Trailblazer Resources, Inc. does not have significant operations. The company intends to identify and evaluate industries and business opportunities in order to find a suitable acquisition target. Previously, it was engaged in the manufacture, sale, installation, and servicing of fiberglass tank and piping products. The company was formerly known as Energy Composites Corporation and changed its name to Trailblazer Resources, Inc. in October 2011. Trailblazer Resources, Inc. is based in Henderson, Nevada.