Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.000-1.020 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.100. The company issued revenue guidance of $976.3 million-$986.5 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.0 billion. Pentair also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.650-4.800 EPS.

Pentair Stock Down 1.9 %

Shares of PNR stock traded down $2.00 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $100.63. 1,507,600 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,296,095. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.60. Pentair has a one year low of $72.03 and a one year high of $110.71. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $103.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $96.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.14, a P/E/G ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.20.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.48% and a net margin of 16.29%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.87 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Pentair will post 4.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 24th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.99%. This is an increase from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Pentair’s payout ratio is presently 25.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have commented on PNR shares. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $115.00 price target on shares of Pentair in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Pentair in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 price objective on the stock. StockNews.com downgraded Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $119.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $108.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Pentair currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $111.07.

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.