Pentair management check
PNR · Industrials · Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components · CEO John Stauch
Filings as of
5 good · 1 to watch · 0 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Good
Have owners done well?
Beat its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $209, against $200 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Good
Does pay follow performance?
Pay rose and fell with returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.65 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Watch
What does the CEO cost owners?
1.7% of net income$11.4m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $653.8m of net income.
- n/a
Do they own the stock?
No recent CEO filingNo open-market insider buying or selling in the last six months.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -0.2% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 0.9% of revenue in the latest year.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
8 leadership filings in 3 yearsCEO in the pay table: John Stauch. 8 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Industrials.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 56 | 55 | |
| Pay for performance | 82 | 86 | |
| CEO cost | 30 | 48 | |
| Skin in the game | — | — | 55 |
| Dilution | 53 | 62 | |
| Stable leadership | 85 | 75 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components, by management score. Pentair is 43rd of 81 in its sector.
- 120HUBBHubbell Incorporated75
- 123GWWW. W. Grainger74
- 151PHParker Hannifin72
- 170OTISOtis Worldwide71
- 179SNASnap-on70
- 196DOVDover Corporation69
- 197IRIngersoll Rand69
- 213PNRPentair68
- 286XYLXylem Inc.62
- 293NDSNNordson Corporation62
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed March 20, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | John Stauch | $11.4m | $14.5m | $2.8m | $209 | $200 | $653.8m |
| 2024 | John Stauch | $10.8m | $22.8m | $2.8m | $200 | $169 | $625.4m |
| 2023 | John Stauch | $10.0m | $17.9m | $2.7m | $143 | $134 | $622.7m |
| 2022 | John Stauch | $7.8m | −$1.9m | $2.1m | $87 | $103 | $480.9m |
| 2021 | John Stauch | $9.4m | $22.8m | $2.8m | $139 | $128 | $553.0m |
The board says pay is tied most to Company-WideAdjusted OperatingIncome($)(6). Its other key measures: Company-Wide Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EPS, ROIC, Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”).
Insiders and the CEO's stake
No open-market insider buying or selling in the last six months.
Leadership and governance on file
- Sep 22, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Sep 18, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 14, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Apr 28, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 25, 2026Leadership change8-K/A 5.02
- Oct 21, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 12, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- May 6, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Aug 1, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 26, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: May 6, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $1.3bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 45% of net income, and $160.5m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.8bn | $4.1bn | $4.1bn | $4.1bn | $4.2bn |
| Net income | $553.0m | $480.9m | $622.7m | $625.4m | $653.8m |
| Stock-based pay | $29.8m | $24.9m | $29.1m | $39.7m | $37.0m |
| Buybacks | $150.0m | $50.0m | $0 | $150.0m | $225.0m |
| Dividends | $133.0m | $138.6m | $145.2m | $152.3m | $164.3m |
| Diluted shares | 168m | 166m | 166m | 167m | 166m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.