Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Updates Q4 2025 Earnings Guidance

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) updated its fourth quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.110-1.160 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.160. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.0 billion-$1.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.0 billion. Pentair also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.850-4.900 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen raised Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Pentair from $116.00 to $126.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Citigroup lifted their price target on Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two equities research 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 given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Pentair has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $116.50.

Pentair Stock Performance

NYSE:PNR opened at $109.10 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $109.24 and a 200 day moving average of $101.29. The company has a market capitalization of $17.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.81, a PEG ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 1.10. Pentair has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $113.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.84.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The firm had revenue of $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.09 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. Pentair has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.110-1.160 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.850-4.900 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Pentair will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 24th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pentair’s payout ratio is 27.32%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in PNR. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Pentair in the second quarter worth $222,000. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 5.8% during the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 9,350 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $960,000 after purchasing an additional 513 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Pentair by 27.2% in the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 53,959 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $5,539,000 after acquiring an additional 11,523 shares during the period. Sei Investments Co. lifted its holdings in Pentair by 54.7% in the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 76,469 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $7,850,000 after acquiring an additional 27,053 shares during the period. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina lifted its holdings in Pentair by 101.8% in the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 338,368 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $34,737,000 after acquiring an additional 170,707 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.