FLS vs PNR vs BKR Stock Comparison

Flowserve, Pentair and Baker Hughes Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FLS Flowserve Corp
$77.82 +6.0% 1M +11.3% 1Y
Market cap
$9.87B
P/E
38.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.70B
Div. yield
1.12%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
2 wins
PNR PENTAIR plc
$69.80 +31.8% 1M -35.3% 1Y
Market cap
$11.14B
P/E
18.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.97B
Div. yield
1.55%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
6 wins
BKR Baker Hughes Co
$46.20 -19.1% 1M -1.8% 1Y
Market cap
$45.88B
P/E
15.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.74B
Div. yield
1.49%
Oilfield Services Energy
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pentair leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Pentair 6, Baker Hughes 4, Flowserve 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFLSPNRBKRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.87B $11.14B $45.88B BKR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 38.8x 18.2x 15.8x BKR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.7x 15.2x 18.7x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.2% -3.9% +3.7% BKR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.4% 15.4% 10.1% PNR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.1% 12.5% 8.3% PNR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 1.6x 2.9x PNR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.12% 1.55% 1.49% PNR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.3% -35.3% -1.8% FLS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.7%/yr -1.2%/yr +13.3%/yr FLS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.9% 37.1% 35.4% BKR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 59/100 43/100 PNR

Percentile Scorecard

FLSPNRBKR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFLSPNRBKR
Valuation 21 #161 of 204 61 #80 of 204 26 #35 of 47
Growth 31 #133 of 191 30 #135 of 191 67 #15 of 44
Profitability 42 #111 of 189 80 #38 of 189 70 #13 of 41
Financial Health 34 #147 of 221 47 #118 of 221 13 #40 of 46
Shareholder Returns 61 #62 of 159 77 #37 of 159 39 #20 of 32
Overall 38 59 43
  • FLS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • PNR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • BKR ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFLSPNRBKRSPY
1 month +6.0%+31.8%-19.1% -5.9%
3 months -1.0%-0.1%-26.4% -4.6%
6 months +8.8%-11.6%-27.3% +0.2%
Year to date +12.2%-33.0%+1.4% +7.5%
1 year +11.3%-35.3%-1.8% +8.2%
3 years +105.3%+14.4%+32.2% +68.3%
3 years, per year +27.1%+4.6%+9.8% +19.0%
5 years +125.9%-6.1%+86.3% +56.5%
5 years, per year +17.7%-1.2%+13.3% +9.4%
10 years +88.2%+27.6%— +251.5%
10 years, per year +6.5%+2.5%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureFLSPNRBKRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.9%37.1%35.4% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.3%40.7%37.6% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.580.890.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.27-0.95-0.05 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.0%-53.7%-47.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.4%-35.8%-33.7% -5.9%
52-week high $92.04$108.69$69.67 $779.14
52-week low $64.39$52.11$44.47 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFLSPNRBKR
P/E now vs peer median 38.8xmedian 23.4x 18.2xmedian 23.4x 15.8xmedian 22.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 1.7x 2.8xmedian 1.7x 1.6xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.4xmedian 13.4x 14.0xmedian 13.4x 12.1xmedian 8.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 64.2xmedian 21.9x 17.2xmedian 21.9x 14.2xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 4.1xmedian 2.1x 2.9xmedian 2.1x 2.2xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median 16.86median 1.02 2.37median 1.02 0.77median 0.45

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFLSPNRBKR
Revenue $4.70B $3.97B $28.74B
Gross profit $1.60B $1.64B $6.83B
Operating income $467.63M $777.40M $3.43B
Net income $273.27M $612.20M $2.93B
Free cash flow $153.66M $646.60M $3.23B
R&D – $94.10M $573.00M
EPS (diluted) $1.99 $3.82 $2.90
Cash & equivalents $742.15M $74.00M $4.07B
Total debt $2.06B $1.48B $18.26B
Shares (diluted) 127.96M 160.30M 998.00M
Enterprise value $6.91B $10.81B $8.03B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFLSPNRBKR
P/E 38.8x 18.2x 15.8x
P/FCF 64.2x 17.2x 14.2x
P/Operating cash flow 42.9x 15.4x 10.2x
P/S 2.1x 2.8x 1.6x
P/B 4.1x 2.9x 2.2x
P/Tangible book 4.9x 3.9x 4.3x
EV/EBITDA 19.4x 14.0x 12.1x
EV/EBIT 23.9x 16.1x 17.5x
EV/Revenue 2.4x 3.2x 2.1x
EV/FCF 72.8x 19.4x 18.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 48.6x 17.3x 13.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 16.86 2.37 0.77

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFLSPNRBKR
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.2% -3.9% 3.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.8% -1.3% 5.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.0% -1.2% 3.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 9.2% 3.4% 5.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.1% -8.3% 3.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 4.4% 13.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -42.5% -6.4% 0.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 6.3% 19.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -42.3% -3.6% -0.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 2.3% 7.7% 20.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -67.3% -14.8% 35.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 4.7% 6.8% 14.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -75.6% -17.4% 54.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.8% 7.7% 19.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFLSPNRBKR
Gross margin 34.2% 41.2% 23.8%
EBITDA margin 12.3% 22.7% 17.2%
Operating margin 10.0% 19.6% 11.9%
Pretax margin 7.6% 17.5% 11.2%
Net margin 5.4% 15.4% 10.1%
FCF margin 3.3% 16.3% 11.2%
Operating cash flow margin 4.9% 18.3% 15.7%
Return on equity 11.6% 16.1% 14.4%
Return on assets 4.3% 9.2% 5.2%
Return on invested capital 8.1% 12.5% 8.3%
Return on capital employed 9.7% 13.5% 8.9%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 1.2x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.8% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFLSPNRBKR
Debt / assets 32.4% 22.3% 30.9%
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.4x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x 1.6x 2.9x
Debt / FCF 13.4x 2.3x 5.7x
Liabilities / assets 62.4% 42.1% 65.2%
Equity / assets 37.6% 57.9% 34.8%
Interest coverage 5.1x – –
Current ratio 2.1x 1.5x 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 3.77 4.10 1.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFLSPNRBKR
Dividend yield 1.1% 1.5% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 1.3% 3.6% –
Shareholder yield 2.5% 5.1% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 28.1% 31.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 26.6% 28.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.5% 2.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 6.2% 5.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFLSPNRBKR
Forward P/E 17.7xFY2026 15.2xFY2026 18.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.39FY2026 $4.60FY2026 $2.47FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +20.6%FY2026 -6.5%FY2026 -5.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.4% +18.3% +10.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $4.72BFY2026 $3.94BFY2026 $31.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -0.3%FY2026 -5.7%FY2026 +11.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.4% +16.1% -1.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFLSPNRBKR
Held by institutions 100.0% 95.0% 97.3%
Institutions holding 586 721 1,151
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.6% -0.1% +5.2%
Institutions buying 298 353 577
Institutions selling 203 257 430
Buyers to sellers 1.47 1.37 1.34

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FLSPNRBKR
FLS 1.00 0.31 0.28
PNR 0.31 1.00 0.11
BKR 0.28 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FLS, PNR and BKR?

Baker Hughes (BKR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Flowserve (FLS) $9.87B, Pentair (PNR) $11.14B, Baker Hughes (BKR) $45.88B.

Which stock is cheaper, FLS, PNR and BKR?

Baker Hughes (BKR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Flowserve (FLS) 38.8x, Pentair (PNR) 18.2x, Baker Hughes (BKR) 15.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (Flowserve (FLS) 17.7x, Pentair (PNR) 15.2x, Baker Hughes (BKR) 18.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Baker Hughes (BKR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Flowserve (FLS) +0.2%, Pentair (PNR) -3.9%, Baker Hughes (BKR) +3.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest net margin (Flowserve (FLS) 5.4%, Pentair (PNR) 15.4%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 10.1%). On return on invested capital, Pentair (PNR) leads (Flowserve (FLS) 8.1%, Pentair (PNR) 12.5%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 8.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Flowserve (FLS) returned the most: Flowserve (FLS) +11.3%, Pentair (PNR) -35.3%, Baker Hughes (BKR) -1.8%. Over five years, Flowserve (FLS) compounded fastest (Flowserve (FLS) +17.7%/yr, Pentair (PNR) -1.2%/yr, Baker Hughes (BKR) +13.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest dividend yield: Flowserve (FLS) 1.12%, Pentair (PNR) 1.55%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 1.49%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Baker Hughes (BKR) has been the steadiest (Flowserve (FLS) 41.9%, Pentair (PNR) 37.1%, Baker Hughes (BKR) 35.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FLS, PNR and BKR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Pentair (PNR) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.