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Why Pentair stock popped this morning. Pentair beat on sales and earnings this morning - but both numbers declined. By Rich Smith - Oct 27, 2026 at 11:56AM EST Key points. * Pool sales plummeted at Pentair in Q3, but total sales still beat expectations. * Pentair reaffirmed full-year guidance for sales and earnings, and is on track for more than $800 million in free cash flow. * Pentair stock still costs too much. * 10 stocks The Motley Fool, LLC like better than Pentair" Pentair (PNR +12.81%) stock soared 12.2% through 11:30 a.m. ET after beating analyst forecasts for sales and earnings this morning. Heading into the company's Q3 report, analysts expected Pentair to earn $1.08 per share (adjusted for one-time items) on sales of $965.3 million. Pentair actually earned $1.18 per share on $976 million in sales. Pentair Q3 earnings. This was a sales beat as well as an earnings beat. CEO John Stauch called the result "solid" despite Pentair's sales declining 4% year over year, operating profit falling 15%, and net earnings falling 19% to $0.91 per share. ($0.91 was the GAAP profit; the $1.18 per share Pentair reported was a non-GAAP number.) Management noted that it grew sales in flow and water solutions, but pool sales plummeted 18% due to "inventory realignment with our major channel partners." On the plus side, Pentair reported positive free cash flow of $152.5 million for the quarter, and $619.5 million for the first three quarters of 2026. PNR - Pentair. $62.30 +$7.08 (+12.81%) NYSE · As of 12:39 PM ET 10/27/26 PNR · 1Y -48.52% Key data points. Market cap $8.82B Day's range $58.36 - $62.65 52wk range $51.13 - $110.12 Avg volume 3.1M Gross margin 41.35% Dividend yield 1.96% What's next for Pentair stock. Turning to guidance, Pentair reaffirmed its prediction that it will likely earn $3.76 per share this year ($4.70, adjusted), with a smaller sales decline than in Q3 - about 3% for the year. Helping to hit this target will be a rebound in sales to about 8% growth in Q4, with GAAP profit of $1.07 per share and non-GAAP profit of $1.15 per share. Does all this justify bidding up Pentair stock 12% today? I'm not sure it does. At a market capitalization of $9.9 billion, with free cash flow trending toward $825 million or better, Pentair stock trades for about a 12x price-to-free cash flow ratio today. That may not sound expensive, but with long-term growth forecast at only 5%, I think it's still too much to pay. Should you buy stock in Pentair right now. Before you buy stock in Pentair, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now... and Pentair wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of its recommendation, you'd have $344,608!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of its recommendation, you'd have $1,327,222!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 904% - a market-crushing outperformance compared to 211% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors. *Stock Advisor returns as of October 27, 2026.

Pentair reported third quarter 2026 sales of $976 million, down 4% from a year earlier. Core sales, which exclude currency effects, acquisitions and divestitures, fell 5%. Operating income was $196 million, down 15%. Earnings per share were $0.91, down 19%; adjusted EPS was $1.18, down 5%. A sharp fall in Pool sales, down 18%, drove the decline as the company finished realigning inventory with its channel partners. Flow and Water Solutions segment income rose 15% and 16%. Pentair expects full year 2026 GAAP EPS of about $3.76 and adjusted EPS of about $4.70. It forecasts fourth quarter sales up 7% to 9%.

Pentair beats Q3 estimates, guides above consensus for 2026. Published Oct 27, 2026, 06:55 AM (C) Reuters. Investing.com - Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) on Tuesday reported third quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.18, surpassing the analyst consensus of $1.08 by $0.10. Revenue of $976 million exceeded expectations of $965.3 million but declined 4% YoY from $1.02 billion in the third quarter of 2025. The company reaffirmed its full year 2026 adjusted EPS guidance of approximately $4.70, above the analyst consensus of $4.64. For the fourth quarter, Pentair expects adjusted EPS of approximately $1.15 and sales growth of 7% to 9% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. The company updated its full year 2026 sales guidance to down approximately 3% on a reported basis. "We delivered solid third-quarter results across sales, income and EPS," said John L. Stauch, Pentair's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our teams executed well during the quarter and responded with focus and urgency following a challenging second quarter in our Pool segment." Third quarter adjusted operating income was $242 million, down 8% from $263 million in the prior year period, with adjusted return on sales of 24.8%, a decrease of 90 basis points. The Pool segment experienced the most significant pressure, with sales down 18% YoY and segment income declining 38%, reflecting the completion of inventory realignment with major channel partners. The Flow segment posted sales growth of 4% with segment income up 15%, while Water Solutions grew sales 1% with segment income increasing 16%. Free cash flow for the quarter was $153 million compared to $179 million in the third quarter of 2025. -0.08 (-0.14%) Closed · 26/10 · USD -0.32 (-0.58%) Pre Market · 04:24:29 Start trading PNR now Where's the stop-loss on PNR? Most traders can read a chart. The hard part is committing: the entry window is open, the pattern is forming, and you're still waiting for confirmation. Its Vision AI literally sees your PNR chart and returns a complete trade plan - entry, stop-loss, and profit target - in under 60 seconds. Stop guessing where the stop goes.