Pentair (PNR) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.18
- Estimate
- $1.07
- Surprise
- +9.9%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $976.4M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.0 → 5.4/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Pentair (PNR) beat the $1.07 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.18 — a clear 9.9% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.0/10) to Hold at 5.4/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates PNR Hold at 5.3/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +9.9% surprise compares with a +4.5% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.53)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Weak growth
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $62.29
- Price target
- $63.72
- Stop
- $58.69
- Upside to target
- +2.3%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.1:1
The stock trades at 17.0× trailing but 11.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 87 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 2.6× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-28 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
PNR at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Specialty Industrial Machinery
- Market cap
- $10.07B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 17.0
- 52-week range
- $51.13–$110.12
- Off 52-week high
- 43.4%
- RSI (14)
- 87
- Volume vs avg
- 2.63×
- Score today
- 5.3/10