Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Has $18.31 Million Stock Holdings in Pentair plc $PNR

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH raised its stake in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) by 11.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 178,381 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 17,660 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH owned 0.11% of Pentair worth $18,313,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC bought a new stake in Pentair in the 2nd quarter valued at about $943,000. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Pentair by 3.0% in the second quarter. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,911 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $402,000 after acquiring an additional 113 shares during the period. Intech Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 14.0% during the second quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 12,665 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,300,000 after acquiring an additional 1,556 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in shares of Pentair by 11.5% during the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 55,009 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $5,647,000 after purchasing an additional 5,674 shares during the period. Finally, Creative Planning raised its position in shares of Pentair by 22.1% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 25,069 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,574,000 after purchasing an additional 4,543 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Pentair news, CFO Robert P. Fishman sold 7,786 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.42, for a total value of $820,800.12. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 63,164 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,658,748.88. The trade was a 10.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 1.45% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently issued reports on PNR shares. Oppenheimer lifted their price target on shares of Pentair from $120.00 to $124.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $120.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. TD Cowen lowered shares of Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $115.00 to $110.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Pentair from $116.00 to $126.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, Bank of America lowered Pentair from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $119.93.

Pentair Stock Up 0.2%

PNR opened at $102.07 on Wednesday. Pentair plc has a fifty-two week low of $74.25 and a fifty-two week high of $113.95. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.91, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.14. The company’s 50-day moving average is $109.03 and its 200 day moving average is $104.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.46 and a quick ratio of 0.82.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.06. Pentair had a net margin of 15.84% and a return on equity of 21.83%. The business had revenue of $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.09 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Pentair has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.110-1.160 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.850-4.900 EPS. Research analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, October 24th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 24th. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.38%.

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.