Pentair plcPNR
NYSE•Industrials•Specialty Industrial Machinery
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.
Pentair plc. (PNR) reported trailing twelve months revenue of $4.20B as of March 2026, a 3.1% increase year-over-year. Quarterly revenue reached $1.04B, reflecting continued top-line momentum.
Pentair plc. generated $671.30M in TTM net income, with quarterly EBITDA of $240.30M. The operating margin expanded from 20.1% to 20.3%, suggesting improving cost efficiency and pricing discipline.
The spread between operating margin (20.3%) and net margin (16.6%) indicates tight cost control with minimal non-operating drag. Net margin has improved from 15.3% a year ago, signaling stronger bottom-line efficiency.
PNR trades at a P/E of 20.3x (in line with broad market averages) and a P/S of 3.2x. The price-to-book ratio of 3.6x reflects a moderate premium to book value.
The company reported negative free cash flow of $-85.90M, indicating cash consumption over the period. The balance sheet shows $7.07B in total assets with $1.94B in long-term debt against $3.81B in stockholders equity for a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.5. Data based on the most recent quarterly reports.
Competitive analysis based on 21 quarters of fundamental data
Operating margins are stable at ~20.4%, suggesting durable pricing power and cost discipline.
Consistently high ROE averaging 17.8% suggests a durable competitive advantage and efficient capital allocation.
6 of the last 8 quarters generated positive FCF. The company generally funds itself but has occasional cash consumption quarters.
Revenue shows resilience with 4 of 7 quarters posting growth — demand is generally stable but has seen some soft patches.
Data-driven red flags and warnings across 21 quarters
Margins are stable or improving at ~20.6% — no sign of cost or pricing stress.
FCF/Net Income has dropped below 0.7x in 4 quarters — monitor for earnings quality deterioration.
D/E ratio is 0.5 — conservative capital structure with low financial risk.
Revenue is stable or growing over recent quarters — demand appears durable.
FCF turned negative in 2 of the last 8 quarters — occasional cash consumption.
Shares decreased 2.0% — net buybacks are reducing shares outstanding and boosting per-share value.
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