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Pentair plc PNR posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.24 for the third quarter of 2025, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.18 by a margin of 5%. The bottom line also topped its guidance of $1.09-$1.13 and marked a 14% improvement from the prior-year quarter.
Including one-time items, EPS was $1.12 compared with the prior-year quarter’s 84 cents.
Net sales rose 3% year over year to $1.022 billion. The top line surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.005 billion. Excluding the impacts of acquisitions, divestitures and currency translation, core sales were up 3%.
Pentair plc price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | Pentair plc Quote
The cost of sales inched up 0.5% year over year to $603 million. The gross profit was $418.6 million, up 6.5% from the prior-year quarter. The gross margin was 41% compared with the year-ago quarter’s 39.6%.
SG&A expenses totaled $162 million, down 14.8% from the prior-year quarter’s $190.4 million. Research and development expenses were up 8% year over year to $24.7 million.
The operating income, including one-time items, was $231.7 million, up 28.8% from the year-ago quarter. Operating margin was 22.7% compared with 18.1% in the year-ago quarter.
The adjusted segment operating income increased 9.8% year over year to $262.6 million. The adjusted segment operating margin was 25.7%, a 160-basis point expansion from the year-ago quarter.
Net sales in the Flow segment totaled $394 million, up 6% compared with the prior-year quarter. Our estimate for the segment’s net sales was $387 million. Operating earnings for the segment rose 15% year over year to $95 million. Our estimate for the segment’s operating profit was $84 million.
Net sales in the Water Solutions segment were down 6% year over year to $273 million. The figure came in short of our estimate of $276 million. The segment’s earnings rose 6% to $68 million and beat our projection of $65 million.
Net sales in the Pool segment totaled $354 million, up 7% year over year. Our estimate for the segment’s net sales was $339 million. Operating earnings for the segment grew 3% year over year to $128 million. Our estimate for the segment’s operating income was $146.7 million.
Pentair had cash and cash equivalents of around $128 million at the end of the third quarter of 2025 compared with $119 million at 2024-end. Net cash generated from operating activities was $764 million in the nine-month period ended Sept. 30, 2025, compared with $680 million in the prior-year comparable period.
The company had a long-term debt of $1.58 billion as of Sept. 30, 2025, down from $1.64 billion as of Dec. 31, 2024.
Pentair has repurchased 1.8 million of its shares for $175 million so far in 2025. As of June 30, 2025, the company had $275 million available under its share repurchase authorization.
Backed by the upbeat performance so far this year, Pentair expects adjusted EPS to be in the range of $4.85- $4.90 for 2025, higher than its previous guidance of $4.75-$4.85. The mid-point of the range indicates year-over-year growth of 12.6%.
The company has also raised its year-over-year reported sales growth guidance to 2% from the earlier expectation of 1-2% for 2025.
For the fourth quarter, the company expects an adjusted EPS between $1.11 and $1.16, implying a 5% rise at the midpoint. Pentair anticipates the quarter’s sales to be up 3-4% from the year-ago quarter’s figure.
Pentair stock has gained 11.2% over the past year compared with the industry’s 1.1% growth.
Pentair currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Pool Corp. POOL is slated to release second-quarter 2025 results on Oct. 23, 2025. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for POOL’s earnings is pegged at $3.37 per share, indicating year-over-year growth of 3.37%.
The estimate for Pool Corp.’s top line is pegged at $1.45 billion, implying an increase of 1.13% from the prior year’s figure. POOL has a trailing four-quarter average earnings surprise of 1.01%.
Xylem XYL, scheduled to release second-quarter 2024 results on Oct. 28, has a trailing four-quarter average earnings surprise of 6.1%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Xylem’s earnings for the quarter is pegged at $1.24 per share, implying year-over-year growth of 11.7%.
The consensus estimate for Xylem’s top line is pegged at $2.22 billion, indicating a rise of 5.6% from the prior-year figure.
A. O. Smith AOS is scheduled to report second-quarter 2025 results on Oct. 28. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings is pegged at 89 cents per share, implying an 8.5% increase from the prior-year figure.
The estimate for A.O. Smith’s revenues for the quarter is $936 million, indicating a 3.7% increase from the year-ago quarter. The company has an average earnings surprise of 0.7% in the past four quarters.
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