Pentair (PNR)
Industrials · $8.9B market cap · SEC CIK 0000077360
fundamentals score out of 100
Next reports on Oct 19, 2026, before the open, with analysts expecting $1.10 in earnings per share.
The case for PNR
- Generated $746M of free cash flow in FY2025, 18% of revenue.
- Free cash flow of 8.4% of its market value a year: a lot of cash for the price.
- Reasonably priced at 13.6× earnings.
- Return on equity of 17%.
- Pays a modest 1.4% dividend.
The case against
- Revenue slipped 2.1% on the year.
- Down 49.4% over the past year.
- Near the bottom of its 52-week range, 51% below the high. Falling prices usually have a reason; find it first.
- Long-term debt of $1.6B against $102M of cash.
What the score is made of
Each factor is half a curve over reported figures and half a rank among the other Industrials companies (momentum is judged against fixed thresholds only), and the five are blended by weight. It describes the last filing and the current price. It is not a forecast.
| Valuewhat you pay for the earnings, sales, assets and cash | 82 |
|---|---|
| Growthhow fast revenue and earnings are moving, this year and over five | 39 |
| Profitabilityhow much of the revenue becomes profit, and how much of that is cash | 65 |
| Momentumhow the price has behaved lately | 6 |
| Stabilityhow violently it moves, what it owes and what it pays you | 47 |
- Each factor except momentum is half fixed thresholds, half rank among the 79 Industrials companies.
Key numbers
| Price / earnings | 13.6× |
|---|---|
| Price / book | 3.30× |
| Price / sales | 2.2× |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -2.1% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | +8.5% |
| Gross margin | 43% |
| Operating margin | 20% |
| Net margin | 16% |
| Return on equity | 17% |
| Debt / equity | 0.43× |
| Current ratio | 1.45 |
| Dividend yield | 1.39% |
| Beta | 1.04 |
| 52-week range | $55.27 – $113.95 |
| Position in that range | 0% of the way up |
| 3-month return | -24.9% |
| 1-year return | -49.4% |
Five years of financials, as filed
Pulled from Pentair's XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. Italic rows are derived from the rows above.
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.2B | $4.1B | $4.1B | $4.1B | $3.8B |
| Gross profit | $1.7B | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.3B |
| Operating income | $858M | $804M | $739M | $595M | $637M |
| Net income | $654M | $625M | $623M | $481M | $553M |
| Operating cash flow | $815M | $767M | $619M | $363M | $613M |
| Capital expenditure | $68.8M | $74.4M | $76.0M | $85.2M | $60.2M |
| Total assets | $6.9B | $6.4B | $6.6B | $6.4B | $4.8B |
| Total liabilities | $3.0B | $2.9B | $3.3B | $3.7B | $2.3B |
| Cash | $102M | $119M | $170M | $109M | $94.5M |
| Long-term debt | $1.6B | $1.6B | $2.0B | $2.3B | $894M |
| Free cash flow | $746M | $692M | $543M | $278M | $553M |
| Gross margin | 40.5% | 39.2% | 37.0% | 33.1% | 35.0% |
| Operating margin | 20.5% | 19.7% | 18.0% | 14.4% | 16.9% |
| Net margin | 15.7% | 15.3% | 15.2% | 11.7% | 14.7% |
| Diluted shares | 166M | 167M | 166M | 166M | 168M |
Share count is essentially flat over 4 years.
What Pentair says it does
Unless the context otherwise indicates, references herein to "Pentair," the "Company," and such words as "we," "us," and "our" include Pentair plc and its consolidated subsidiaries. GENERAL At Pentair, we help the world sustainably move, improve and enjoy water, life’s most essential resource. From our residential and commercial water solutions to industrial water managemen t and everything in between, Pentair is an S&P 500 company focused on smart, sustainable water solutions that help our planet and people thrive. Pentair strategy Our vision is to be the world’s most valued sustainable water solutions company for our employees, customers and shareholders. As a company, we: • Focus on growth in our core businesses and strategic initiatives; • Accelerate digital innovation and technology as well as sustainability investments; • Expedite growth and drive margin expansion through our Transformation Program; and •…
Risk factors PNR lists in its 10-K
- General global economic and business conditions affect demand for our products
- We compete in attractive markets with a high level of competition, which may result in pressure on our profit margins and limit our ability to maintain or increase the market share of our products
- We may not be able to identify, finance and complete suitable acquisitions and investments, and any completed acquisitions and investments may be unsuccessful or consume significant resources
- We may not achieve some or all of the expected benefits of our business initiatives
- We may experience cost increases and other inflation
- Interruption of our supply chain could affect our ability to produce or deliver our products and could negatively impact our business and profitability
- We are exposed to political, regulatory, economic, trade, and other risks that arise from operating a multinational business
- Changes in U.S. or foreign government administrative policy, including the imposition of, or increases in, tariffs and changes to existing trade agreements, could have a material adverse effect on us
- Failure to achieve and maintain a high level of product and service quality and on-time delivery could damage our reputation with customers and negatively impact our results
- Intellectual property challenges may hinder our ability to develop, engineer and market our products
- We have significant goodwill and intangible assets and future impairment of our goodwill and intangible assets could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations
- A loss of, or material cancellation, reduction, or delay in purchases by, or delivery of products to, one or more of our largest customers could harm our business
- Seasonality of sales and weather conditions could have a material adverse effect on our financial results
- Volatility in currency exchange rates and failure to effectively hedge our exposure to fluctuations could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows