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Makes water treatment, filtration and pool equipment for residential, commercial and industrial customers.
Makes water treatment, filtration and pool equipment for residential, commercial and industrial customers.
Sells pool pumps, filters and heaters mainly through distributors and installers who specify the brand, while water-treatment lines go to homes, restaurants and industrial plants, each earning repeat sales as equipment wears out. Spun off its electrical business as nVent in 2018, leaving a pure water company.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution, installed base). Leading pool-equipment brand and dealer network drives recurring replacement/aftermarket demand.
Headquarters: Golden Valley, Minnesota, US · Founded: 1966 · Employees: 9,000
Size Pentair (PNR) is a United States Industrials company (Industrial Machinery) with a market value of $10.9B, the 741st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $68.12 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 11.3%, against -13.3% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 3.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.3%); the operating margin is 21.8% (peer median 15.3%).
Valuation It trades at 13.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 23.0× (cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +7%, so the hurdle is +0 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.3 points above its cost of capital (9.3% WACC).
Credit Pentair has 2 bonds outstanding ($800M), rated BBB- by the agencies and trading like BBB- at a weighted spread of 105 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 4.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.97B | $4.18B | $4.08B | $4.10B | $4.12B |
| Revenue growth | — | +2% | -1% | 0% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.64B | $1.69B | $1.61B | $1.53B | $1.36B |
| EBITDA | $988M | $1.09B | $1.01B | $905M | $785M |
| Net income | $612M | $654M | $625M | $623M | $481M |
| Free cash flow | $647M | $746M | $692M | $543M | $278M |
| Capital expenditure | $77.9M | $68.8M | $74.4M | $76.0M | $85.2M |
| Total debt | $1.64B | $1.77B | $1.77B | $2.09B | $2.40B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentair PNR | $10.9B | -11% | -4% | 22% | 13.2× | 7.1% |
| Xylem XYL | $22.4B | -14% | +2% | 16% | 17.4× | 12.1% |
| Watts Water Technologies WTS | $11.6B | +17% | +17% | 19% | 24.6× | 15.8% |
| Hayward HAYW | $3.38B | +11% | +8% | 22% | 17.9× | 9.9% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | PNR | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +30.2% | -8.0% | highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -11.3% | -13.3% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -37.7% | -41.9% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -3.9% | +8.3% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 21.8% | 15.3% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 13.2× | 23.0× | cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 7.1% | 14.3% | 3rd least demanding of 14 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +6.7% | +8.5% | 5th lowest of 14 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +0.4 pp | +4.7 pp | 4th least demanding of 14 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +3.3 pp | +4.0 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.6× | 15.3× | 5th cheapest of 14 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6× | 1.1× | 5th most indebted of 14 |
| Bond spread | 105 bp | n/a | — |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pentair PNR | United States | $10.9B | -11% | -4% | 22% | 13.2× | 7.1% | +6.7% |
| Graco GGG | United States | $10.9B | -13% | +5% | 27% | 20.0× | 8.1% | +6.3% |
| Daifuku 6383.T | Japan | $10.9B | -33% | +21% | 15% | 18.9× | 14.7% | +8.3% |
| BELIMO BEAN.SW | Switzerland | $11.0B | +1% | +20% | 21% | 37.2× | 12.5% | +11.1% |
| Watts Water Technologies WTS | United States | $11.6B | +17% | +17% | 19% | 24.6× | 15.8% | +10.1% |
| Madison Air Solutions MAIR | United States | $11.6B | -45% | +27% | 17% | 20.6× | 31.9% | +27.3% |
| Flowserve FLS | United States | $10.2B | +13% | 0% | 14% | 17.8× | 15.0% | +4.9% |
| Lennox International LII | United States | $11.7B | -34% | +2% | 19% | 15.3× | 5.0% | +7.4% |
| Indutrade INDT.ST | Sweden | $9.94B | +39% | +6% | 12% | 28.6× | 18.4% | +10.9% |
| Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls 2050.HK | Hong Kong | $11.9B | -38% | +8% | 15% | 18.4× | 8.7% | +19.9% |
| Huagong Tech 000988.SZ | China | $9.54B | -47% | +16% | 7% | 30.9× | n/a | n/a |
| GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft G1A.DE | Germany | $12.6B | +25% | +4% | 12% | 21.0× | 5.8% | +3.5% |
| Ebara 6361.T | Japan | $9.28B | -40% | +9% | 11% | 14.5× | n/a | n/a |
| NIBE Industrier NIBE-B.ST | Sweden | $9.25B | +7% | +2% | 10% | 27.3× | 13.5% | +8.5% |
| Guangdong Dtech Technology 301377.SZ | China | $9.23B | -18% | +119% | 36% | 50.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Shenzhen Han's CNC Technology 301200.SZ | China | $9.08B | -25% | +98% | 21% | 32.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Lifco LIFCO-B.ST | Sweden | $13.1B | +1% | +7% | 19% | 29.3× | 15.2% | +15.4% |
| Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology 688729.SS | China | $8.94B | -14% | +10% | 12% | 52.3× | n/a | n/a |
| IMI IMI.L | United Kingdom | $8.81B | +3% | +8% | 21% | 19.9× | 14.3% | +4.8% |
| GlobalWafers 6488.TWO | Taiwan | $8.15B | -23% | -6% | 11% | 21.4× | n/a | n/a |
| ACM Research (Shanghai) 688082.SS | China | $14.6B | +30% | +9% | 15% | 54.1× | n/a | n/a |
Pentair has 2 bonds outstanding with $800M face value. The agencies rate it BBB-; its bonds trade like BBB-. Weighted yield 5.67%, a spread of 105 bp over government bonds.