Pentair plc (PNR) reported $1.01 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 0.7%. EPS of $1.11 for the same period compares to $0.94 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.68% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $984.08 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.01, the EPS surprise was +9.90%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Pentair performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenue Growth - Core - Total Pentair: -0.8% compared to the -2.9% average estimate based on four analysts.
- Revenue Growth - Core - Pool: 4.2% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 2.5%.
- Revenue Growth - Core - Flow: -2.9% versus -4.8% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue Growth - Core - Water Solutions: -4.3% versus -6.8% estimated by three analysts on average.
- Net Sales- Pool: $383.90 million versus $370.22 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6.8% change.
- Net Sales- Flow: $367.90 million compared to the $360.63 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of -4.3% year over year.
- Net Sales- Water Solutions: $258.20 million versus $252.74 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -5.5% change.
- Net Sales- Corporate and other: $0.40 million versus $0.35 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +33.3% change.
- Segment income (loss)- Corporate and other: -$27.80 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of -$28 million.
- Segment income (loss)- Pool: $126 million versus the six-analyst average estimate of $119.57 million.
- Segment income (loss)- Water Solutions: $60.70 million compared to the $56.80 million average estimate based on six analysts.
- Segment income (loss)- Flow: $83.60 million versus $77.97 million estimated by six analysts on average.
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Shares of Pentair have returned -12.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -8.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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