Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) Receives $114.36 Consensus Target Price from Brokerages

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seventeen analysts that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have assigned a hold recommendation, eleven have given a buy recommendation and two have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $114.9286.

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on PNR shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Mizuho upped their price objective on Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on shares of Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on shares of Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in Pentair by 23.2% in the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,888 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $541,000 after acquiring an additional 920 shares in the last quarter. Cullen Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Pentair by 13.0% during the second quarter. Cullen Capital Management LLC now owns 5,973 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $613,000 after purchasing an additional 688 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Pentair by 4.2% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 16,627 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,707,000 after purchasing an additional 666 shares during the last quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair during the 2nd quarter worth about $102,945,000. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its stake in Pentair by 83.1% in the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 71,273 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $6,980,000 after buying an additional 32,352 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Pentair Trading Down 0.1%

Pentair stock opened at $112.28 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $107.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $99.42. The company has a market capitalization of $18.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.10. Pentair has a 52 week low of $74.25 and a 52 week high of $113.95. 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 announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.12 billion. Pentair had a net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 21.62%. 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 business 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Pentair will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 24th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.32%.

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.