Pentair plc
Rank #295ValuePNR · NYSE · Industrials
Pentair plc (PNR) — Rank #295 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.24) · ROE 17.2% · Piotroski F-Score 7 / 9.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0000077360 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Pentair plc provides various water solutions in the United States, Western Europe, China, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Canada.
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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.
- Industry
- Specialty Industrial Machinery
- Sector
- Industrials
- State
- L2
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- December 31
- Website
- pentair.com
Price History
Company Snapshot
P/E and dividend yield are the primary valuation lenses for mature businesses.
Market Cap
$9.13B
P/E (annual)
14.3
P/S (annual)
2.2
P/B
2.4
P/OCF (annual)
11.2
Shareholder Yield
2.8%
Employees
9,000
Industry
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Exchange
NYSE
Signal Flags
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
3/3 passGrowth
2/2 passTerry Smith quality gate
Passes 2/5 Terry Smith thresholds1 of 5 threshold not computable from filed data.
What Growth Is Priced In
Implied revenue growth (10Y)
1.3%
The annual FCF growth rate today's price requires over a 10-year horizon (discount rate 10%, terminal growth 2.5%).
Buyback tailwind: -1.0% — per-share value needs a total required return of 0.3% once share-count change is priced in.
vs. own 6-year median revenue growth: 2.2%
within its own historyCost-of-equity sensitivity (implied growth at different discount rates)
r = 8%
-2.6%
r = 10% (base)
1.3%
r = 12%
4.7%
Net debt / market cap: 20.1%
Valuation History
Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.
P / E
Price / diluted EPS
P / S
Price / revenue per share
P / B
Price / book value per share
P / GP
Price / gross profit per share
P / FCF
Price / free cash flow per share
Earnings bubble check
Current margins may be above sustainable levels — a P/E based on peak earnings can overstate cheapness.
Dividend yield and payout ratio are the primary reads at this stage (trailing P/E — see valuation above).
Profitability
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.24
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
46th pctl of 36 SIC 35 peers
Return on equity
17.2%
Gross margin
40.5%
49th pctl of 36 SIC 35 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.3%
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
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| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
0.4%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
6.7%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
10.8%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
38.9%
Anti-fragile safety
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
0.86
46th pctl of 36 SIC 35 peers (best = lowest)
Current ratio
1.88×
40th pctl of 36 SIC 35 peers
Quick ratio
—
Net cash
-$1.88B
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Cash-flow health
Free cash flow
$746.00M
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF / net income
0.14
Cash-backing of earnings.
FCF/NI divergence
Unfavorable divergence (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
0.9%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Dividend safety
Composite score
3.8 / 5
Piotroski F-Score
F-Score
7 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).