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PENTAIR plc PNR
PENTAIR plc (PNR) earns a Piotroski F-score of 7/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 1.33% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $4.2B at a 15.7% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | TD Cowen | Sell (main) |
| 2026-07-29 | Baird | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-07-21 | Mizuho | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-07-16 | BNP Paribas | Underperform (reit) |
| 2026-07-16 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-07-16 | Oppenheimer | Outperform (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 7/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.085 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.411 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.125 |
| Equity / liabilities | 1.29 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNR | PENTAIR plc | 7/9 | 4.09 | 18.9 | +2.3% |
| NVT | nVent Electric plc | 6/9 | 3.27 | 37.1 | +29.5% |
| JBTM | JBT MAREL Corp | 3/9 | 1.96 | — | +121.3% |
| KAI | KADANT INC | 4/9 | 5.06 | 37.6 | -0.1% |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
| TM | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP/ | 7/9 | 2.55 | — | -1% |
| HMC | HONDA MOTOR CO LTD | 6/9 | 2.79 | — | +19.9% |
About PENTAIR plc
Pentair plc provides various water solutions in the United States, Western Europe, China, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Canada. It 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, specialty insertion valves, water disposal pumps, water supply pumps, fluid transfer pumps, turbine pumps, solid handling pumps, and agricultural spray nozzles. This segment provides products under Pentair Flow, Aurora, Berkeley, Codeline, Fairbanks-Nijhuis, Haffmans, Hydromatic, Hypro, Jung Pumpen, Myers, Sta-Rite, Shurflo, Südmo, and X-Flow brand names. The Water Solutions segment offers commercial and residential water treatment products and systems, such as pressure tanks, control valves, activated carbon products, commercial ice machines, conventional filtration products, and point-of-entry and point-of-use water treatment systems for use in water filtration and water softening solutions, as well as commercial water management and filtration solutions in foodservice operations; and installation and preventative services for water management solutions for commercial operators under the Pentair Water Solutions, Everpure, Fleck, Manitowoc Ice, Pentek, and RainSoft brands. The Pool segment provides residential and commercial pool equipment and accessories, including pumps, filters, heaters, lights, automatic controls and cleaners, chlorinators, maintenance equipment, and pool accessories for residential and commercial pool maintenance, pool repair, renovation, service, construction, and aquaculture solutions. This segment offers products under the Pentair Pool, Kreepy Krauly, Pleatco, and Sta-Rite brands. Pentair plc was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
FAQ
Is PNR financially healthy?
PENTAIR plc's Piotroski F-score is 7/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does PNR pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. PENTAIR plc pays a dividend yielding about 1.33% with a 25.1% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is PNR?
In FY2025, PENTAIR plc had a net margin of 15.7% and a return on equity of 16.9%.
Is PNR overvalued or undervalued?
PENTAIR plc trades at about 16.6× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 13.2×–27.7×, median 20.5×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for PNR?
The average Wall-Street price target for PENTAIR plc is $76.64, about 16.5% above the recent price, from 14 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is PNR a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on PENTAIR plc: a Piotroski F-score of 7/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 18.9×, a dividend yield of 1.33%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.