Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of ~$4.65-4.80 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.84. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$4.08-4.16 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.22 billion. Pentair also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 4.650-4.800 EPS.

Pentair Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of PNR stock traded up $1.45 on Wednesday, reaching $99.71. 541,603 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,348,641. The company has a market capitalization of $16.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.20. Pentair has a 12-month low of $72.30 and a 12-month high of $110.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 1.60. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $103.51 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $97.10.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $1.08 earnings per share 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 analysts’ expectations of $970.95 million. Pentair had a return on equity of 20.48% and a net margin of 16.29%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.87 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Pentair will post 4.28 earnings per share for the current year.

Pentair Increases Dividend

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Pentair in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $125.00 price target on the stock. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Pentair from $106.00 to $114.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on Pentair from $93.00 to $103.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Citigroup dropped their price objective on Pentair from $126.00 to $119.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of Pentair from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $111.25.

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.