Pentair plc $PNR Shares Sold by Eisler Capital Management Ltd.

Eisler Capital Management Ltd. reduced its position in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) by 44.5% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 159,335 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 127,558 shares during the period. Eisler Capital Management Ltd.’s holdings in Pentair were worth $16,362,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of PNR. IFP Advisors Inc raised its stake in Pentair by 333.2% in the first quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 1,473 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $129,000 after buying an additional 1,133 shares in the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Pentair by 4,231.6% during the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 622,185 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $54,429,000 after acquiring an additional 607,821 shares in the last quarter. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 10.7% in the 1st quarter. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ now owns 57,265 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $5,010,000 after acquiring an additional 5,527 shares during the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Pentair by 5.6% during the 1st quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,604 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $315,000 after acquiring an additional 192 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp lifted its stake in Pentair by 244.5% during the first quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 57,833 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $5,059,000 after purchasing an additional 41,046 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pentair

In related news, CFO Robert P. Fishman sold 7,786 shares of Pentair stock in a transaction on Friday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.42, for a total value of $820,800.12. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 63,164 shares in the company, valued at $6,658,748.88. This trade represents a 10.97% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have commented on PNR shares. Oppenheimer increased their price target on shares of Pentair from $124.00 to $128.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Robert W. Baird set a $130.00 target price on shares of Pentair in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $125.00 to $127.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Bank of America lowered Pentair from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $120.21.

Pentair Stock Up 3.4%

Shares of NYSE:PNR opened at $104.89 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.46 and a quick ratio of 0.82. The stock has a market cap of $17.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.62, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.14. Pentair plc has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $113.95. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $108.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $104.90.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.09 earnings per share. The business’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. Sell-side analysts predict that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 24th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, October 24th. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio is 25.38%.

Pentair Company Profile

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.