NYSE:PNRMachinery
Is Barclays’ Margin Downgrade a Hint That Pentair’s (PNR) Transformation Story Is Tapped Out?
Earlier this month, Barclays downgraded Pentair to Equal Weight from Overweight, arguing that the company’s multi-year margin gains from transformation and cost actions are largely behind it and future earnings will hinge more on underlying end-market demand.
The downgrade highlights a concern that Pentair’s current business mix may offer less room for further margin expansion compared with peers exposed to higher-margin markets.
We’ll now examine how concerns about fading...