Pentair narrows FY26 adjusted EPS view to $5.30-$5.40 from $5.25-$5.40

FY26 consensus $5.34. The company updated its estimated full year 2026 sales to be up approximately 2%-4% on a reported basis, consensus $4.31B. Stauch concluded, “Our full year outlook reflects a strong first quarter and cautious optimism as we head into our most important quarter seasonally. Our sales growth forecast assumes limited to no U.S. residential recovery and continued expansion across our commercial, industrial and municipal verticals. We feel confident that we expect to control what we can and continue to mitigate risk. We also introduced second quarter guidance reflecting sales growth, margin expansion and EPS growth. As a leader in helping the world move, improve and enjoy water, life’s most essential resource, we are well positioned to capture opportunities from favorable secular trends in water and we continue to invest to drive long-term sales and earnings growth.”