Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Releases Q1 Earnings Guidance

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.00-1.02 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.10. Pentair also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.650-4.800 EPS.

Pentair Stock Performance

PNR traded down $4.35 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $98.28. The stock had a trading volume of 3,491,488 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,389,713. Pentair has a 1 year low of $72.03 and a 1 year high of $110.71. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $103.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $96.96. The stock has a market cap of $16.24 billion, a PE ratio of 24.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a quick ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $972.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $970.95 million. Pentair had a net margin of 16.29% and a return on equity of 20.48%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.87 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Pentair will post 4.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Pentair Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 24th will be given a $0.25 dividend. This is a positive change from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 24th. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 25.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently weighed in on PNR shares. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Mizuho lifted their price target on Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $115.00 price objective on shares of Pentair in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. StockNews.com lowered shares of Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Pentair in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 target price on the stock. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Pentair currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $111.07.

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.