Company Analysis

Pentair plc (PNR)

NYSE: PNR · Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) · London, GB · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.8
◀ Past 6.5● Present 6.2▶ Future 4.5

The grade of Pentair plc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past6.530% of the headline
● Present6.240% of the headline
▶ Future4.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Pentair plc's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+4.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Pentair plc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.8 billion in fiscal 2016 to $4.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 4.6% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 1% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span4.6%top 47% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 47% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.9%top 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count steady. 38% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 11 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Pentair plc's diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 38% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 11 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 45% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.2/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 17%: 17¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 44%: owes 44¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 65 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Pentair plc earned about 17 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 44 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 30% of its family
  • return on equitytop 35% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 46% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 39% of 63 in its family; net margin 15.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 63 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Pentair plc's standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $4.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 35% by size; a net margin of 15.7% ranks in the top 13%; revenue growth of 0.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 33% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$4.18Btop 35% of its family
  • net margin15.7%top 13% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.4%bottom 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 35% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Pentair plc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Stauch, John L (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-01-08, 7.8 years (top 25% of its family); the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.8 years (top 45%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 24 people in charge now (top 34%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 24 peopletop 34% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.8 yearstop 45% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.8 yearstop 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 47% of 63 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 63 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Pentair plc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $102 million against debt of $1.6 billion leaves -22.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 22% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 17.9% of revenue (top 13%); a gross margin of 40.5% (top 32%); research spending of 2.3% of revenue (bottom 35%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-22.4%bottom 22% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue17.9%top 13% of its family
  • gross margin40.5%top 32% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.3%bottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 31% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 31st percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Pentair plc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.4% a year over the last three filed years against 4.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 29% of its family); the newest year grew 2.3% (bottom 36%); research spending grew 1.3% a year (bottom 28%); capital spending grew -6.9% a year (bottom 29%) (its annual reports). Pentair plc reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Pool at $1.6 billion, Flow at $1.6 billion, Water Solutions at $1.1 billion. 2 of 3 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 37% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-4.2 points a yearbottom 29% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth2.3%bottom 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending1.3%bottom 28% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-6.9%bottom 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 49% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 62 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Pentair plc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $4.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2.8% above the $4.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 40% of its family); net income of $654 million against a prior three-year average of $576 million (top 48%); a net margin of 15.7% against 14.1% before (top 38%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.8%bottom 40% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+13%top 48% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.6 pointstop 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PNR · research, not advice