PNR vs CR vs FET Stock Comparison

Pentair, Crane and Forum Energy Technologies Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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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
5 wins
CR Crane Co
$197.66 -5.3% 1M +3.5% 1Y
Market cap
$11.43B
P/E
33.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.76B
Div. yield
0.51%
Commercial Aerospace Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Pentair leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Pentair 5, Crane 4, Forum Energy Technologies 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionPNRCRFETLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.14B $11.43B $776.13M CR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 18.2x 33.4x 25.3x PNR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.2x 28.6x 16.7x PNR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.9% +21.5% +10.6% CR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.4% 12.4% 3.5% PNR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 12.5% 11.5% 9.4% PNR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 1.1x 1.0x FET
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.55% 0.51% — PNR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -35.3% +3.5% +133.0% FET
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -1.2%/yr — +24.8%/yr FET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.1% 34.1% 53.2% CR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 66/100 65/100 CR

Percentile Scorecard

PNRCRFET

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

AxisPNRCRFET
Valuation 61 #80 of 204 50 #51 of 101 46 #26 of 47
Growth 30 #135 of 191 71 #29 of 98 86 #7 of 44
Profitability 80 #38 of 189 88 #13 of 97 63 #16 of 41
Financial Health 47 #118 of 221 67 #36 of 107 36 #30 of 46
Shareholder Returns 77 #37 of 159 52 #31 of 64 94 #3 of 32
Overall 59 66 65
  • PNR ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • CR ranked among 108 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • FET 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

PeriodPNRCRFETSPY
1 month +31.8%-5.3%-19.9% -5.9%
3 months -0.1%-9.5%-10.0% -4.6%
6 months -11.6%+8.8%+24.3% +0.2%
Year to date -33.0%+7.2%+83.1% +7.5%
1 year -35.3%+3.5%+133.0% +8.2%
3 years +14.4%+97.9%+179.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year +4.6%+25.6%+40.9% +19.0%
5 years -6.1%—+202.8% +56.5%
5 years, per year -1.2%—+24.8% +9.4%
10 years +27.6%—-80.2% +251.5%
10 years, per year +2.5%—-15.0% +13.4%

Risk

MeasurePNRCRFETSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.1%34.1%53.2% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.7%37.7%49.7% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.891.360.99 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.950.102.50 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -53.7%-28.2%-59.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.8%-12.7%-25.6% -5.9%
52-week high $108.69$226.38$90.92 $779.14
52-week low $52.11$160.86$28.64 $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.

MultiplePNRCRFET
P/E now vs peer median 18.2xmedian 23.4x 33.4xmedian 24.7x 25.3xmedian 22.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 1.7x 4.1xmedian 2.6x 0.9xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.0xmedian 13.4x 20.7xmedian 14.2x 9.2xmedian 8.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 21.9x 30.1xmedian 26.3x 12.5xmedian 14.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 2.1x 5.0xmedian 2.4x 2.4xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median 2.37median 1.02 10.23median 0.89 0.45median 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 monthsPNRCRFET
Revenue $3.97B $2.76B $873.93M
Gross profit $1.64B $1.15B $267.84M
Operating income $777.40M $486.80M $64.24M
Net income $612.20M $342.00M $30.20M
Free cash flow $646.60M $379.80M $62.05M
R&D $94.10M – –
EPS (diluted) $3.82 $5.82 $2.57
Cash & equivalents $74.00M $315.70M $35.17M
Total debt $1.48B $928.50M $127.68M
Shares (diluted) 160.30M 58.80M 11.77M
Enterprise value $10.81B $9.91B $635.09M

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
MetricPNRCRFET
P/E 18.2x 33.4x 25.3x
P/FCF 17.2x 30.1x 12.5x
P/Operating cash flow 15.4x 26.8x 11.3x
P/S 2.8x 4.1x 0.9x
P/B 2.9x 5.0x 2.4x
P/Tangible book 3.9x 7.0x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA 14.0x 20.7x 9.2x
EV/EBIT 16.1x 24.7x 13.5x
EV/Revenue 3.2x 4.4x 1.0x
EV/FCF 19.4x 31.7x 14.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.3x 28.2x 12.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.37 10.23 0.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricPNRCRFET
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.9% 21.5% 10.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.3% 19.7% 5.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -1.2% 20.1% 21.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.4% 18.4% 9.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -8.3% 19.1% 171.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.4% 33.6% 31.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -6.4% -6.5% 126.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 6.3% 9.6% 59.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -3.6% -6.8% 126.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 3.3% 55.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -14.8% 9.2% -20.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.8% 43.8% 78.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -17.4% 13.9% -22.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 53.5% 153.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricPNRCRFET
Gross margin 41.2% 41.5% 30.6%
EBITDA margin 22.7% 21.1% 10.8%
Operating margin 19.6% 17.7% 7.4%
Pretax margin 17.5% 16.3% 5.4%
Net margin 15.4% 12.4% 3.5%
FCF margin 16.3% 13.8% 7.1%
Operating cash flow margin 18.3% 15.5% 7.8%
Return on equity 16.1% 15.4% 9.9%
Return on assets 9.2% 8.5% 3.8%
Return on invested capital 12.5% 11.5% 9.4%
Return on capital employed 13.5% 14.1% 11.8%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.2x 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.7% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricPNRCRFET
Debt / assets 22.3% 23.2% 15.8%
Debt / equity 0.4x 0.4x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.6x 1.1x 1.0x
Debt / FCF 2.3x 2.4x 2.1x
Liabilities / assets 42.1% 43.2% 60.6%
Equity / assets 57.9% 56.8% 39.4%
Interest coverage – 10.0x –
Current ratio 1.5x 2.6x 2.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.5x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.6x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 4.10 5.95 1.26

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricPNRCRFET
Dividend yield 1.5% 0.5% –
Net buyback yield 3.6% 0.1% 2.9%
Shareholder yield 5.1% 0.6% 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 28.1% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 26.6% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 6.5% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 6.2% – –

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.

ConsensusPNRCRFET
Forward P/E 15.2xFY2026 28.6xFY2026 16.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.60FY2026 $6.90FY2026 $4.06FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -6.5%FY2026 +14.0%FY2026 +544.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.3% +21.6% +31.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.94BFY2026 $2.98BFY2026 $876.47MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -5.7%FY2026 +29.0%FY2026 +10.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +16.1% -2.8% +14.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersPNRCRFET
Held by institutions 95.0% 78.3% 86.6%
Institutions holding 721 600 161
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.1% +5.6% +10.7%
Institutions buying 353 313 102
Institutions selling 257 187 42
Buyers to sellers 1.37 1.67 2.43

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.

PNRCRFET
PNR 1.00 0.28 -0.01
CR 0.28 1.00 0.15
FET -0.01 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, PNR, CR and FET?

Crane (CR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Pentair (PNR) $11.14B, Crane (CR) $11.43B, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) $776.13M.

Which stock is cheaper, PNR, CR and FET?

Pentair (PNR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Pentair (PNR) 18.2x, Crane (CR) 33.4x, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 25.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Pentair (PNR) is cheapest (Pentair (PNR) 15.2x, Crane (CR) 28.6x, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 16.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Crane (CR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Pentair (PNR) -3.9%, Crane (CR) +21.5%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +10.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest net margin (Pentair (PNR) 15.4%, Crane (CR) 12.4%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 3.5%). On return on invested capital, Pentair (PNR) leads (Pentair (PNR) 12.5%, Crane (CR) 11.5%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 9.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Forum Energy Technologies (FET) returned the most: Pentair (PNR) -35.3%, Crane (CR) +3.5%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +133.0%. Over five years, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) compounded fastest (Pentair (PNR) -1.2%/yr, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) +24.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Pentair (PNR) has the highest dividend yield: Pentair (PNR) 1.55%, Crane (CR) 0.51%. Forum Energy Technologies (FET) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Crane (CR) has been the steadiest (Pentair (PNR) 37.1%, Crane (CR) 34.1%, Forum Energy Technologies (FET) 53.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, PNR, CR and FET?

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 5. 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.