Alyeska Investment Group L.P. Buys Shares of 22,783 Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Alyeska Investment Group L.P. has acquired a new stake in Pentair plc, purchasing 22,783 shares valued at approximately $1.99 million.
• Pentair reported an EPS of $1.39 for the last quarter, exceeding the consensus estimate of $1.33, and has set its guidance for Q3 2025 at 1.160-1.20 EPS.
• Analysts have raised their price targets for Pentair, with Citigroup setting a new target of $125.00 and several firms rating it as a “buy” or “overweight” stock.

Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 22,783 shares of the industrial products company's stock, valued at approximately $1,993,000.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in PNR. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in Pentair by 373.8% during the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,137,682 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $99,523,000 after buying an additional 897,585 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its position in Pentair by 4,231.6% during the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 622,185 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $54,429,000 after purchasing an additional 607,821 shares in the last quarter. Amundi raised its position in Pentair by 13.6% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 4,974,612 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $412,033,000 after purchasing an additional 594,989 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its position in Pentair by 229.1% during the first quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 786,362 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $68,791,000 after purchasing an additional 547,419 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its position in Pentair by 16.5% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,829,985 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $335,047,000 after purchasing an additional 541,461 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Pentair Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of PNR traded up $0.07 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $110.71. The company had a trading volume of 955,601 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,147,402. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.45. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $105.71 and a 200 day moving average price of $96.68. Pentair plc has a 52 week low of $74.25 and a 52 week high of $111.80. The company has a market capitalization of $18.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.08.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

PNR has been the topic of a number of research reports. Barclays raised their price target on Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Mizuho raised their price target on Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Pentair presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $114.36.

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.