Pentair plc $PNR Shares Sold by LVW Advisors LLC

LVW Advisors LLC decreased its stake in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,775 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 125 shares during the period. LVW Advisors LLC’s holdings in Pentair were worth $285,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. grew its position in Pentair by 4.8% in the first quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 75,337 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $6,590,000 after acquiring an additional 3,476 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Pentair by 31.5% during the 1st quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,453 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $390,000 after purchasing an additional 1,067 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its stake in Pentair by 19.1% during the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 4,129,805 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $361,275,000 after buying an additional 661,154 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its holdings in Pentair by 6.6% in the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 4,075 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $356,000 after buying an additional 253 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in Pentair by 14.0% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,964 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $347,000 after buying an additional 487 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Pentair Trading Up 1.4%

NYSE PNR opened at $109.87 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.45. Pentair plc has a one year low of $74.25 and a one year high of $112.91. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $106.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $98.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.01 billion, a PE ratio of 30.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.08.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.06. Pentair had a net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 21.62%. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.12 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.22 earnings per share. Pentair’s revenue was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, October 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 24th. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.32%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Wall Street Zen upgraded Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. Bank of America lowered Pentair from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and cut their target price for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Mizuho raised their price target on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen cut shares of Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price target for the company from $115.00 to $110.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $114.36.

About Pentair

Pentair plc provides various water solutions in the United States, Western Europe, China, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, Canada, and Japan. The company operates through three segments: Flow, Water Solutions, and Pool. The Flow segment designs, manufactures, and sells fluid treatment and pump products and systems, including pressure vessels, gas recovery solutions, membrane bioreactors, wastewater reuse systems and advanced membrane filtration, separation systems, water disposal pumps, water supply pumps, fluid transfer pumps, turbine pumps, solid handling pumps, and agricultural spray nozzles for fluid delivery, ion exchange, desalination, food and beverage, separation technologies in the oil and gas industry, residential and municipal wells, water treatment, wastewater solids handling, pressure boosting, circulation and transfer, fire suppression, flood control, agricultural irrigation, and crop spray in residential, commercial, and industrial markets.