Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC Makes New $2.34 Million Investment in Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC has established a new position in Pentair plc, acquiring 26,687 shares valued at approximately $2.34 million in the first quarter.
• Pentair reported $1.39 EPS for the last quarter, surpassing analysts' estimates, with a revenue of $1.12 billion, reflecting a 2.2% year-over-year increase.
• Wall Street analysts have increased their price targets for Pentair, with Barclays and Mizuho raising their targets to $117.00 and $122.00, respectively, indicating a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy".

Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 26,687 shares of the industrial products company's stock, valued at approximately $2,335,000.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Jump Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Pentair by 150.0% during the 1st quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 36,600 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $3,202,000 after acquiring an additional 21,962 shares during the last quarter. SVB Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Pentair during the 1st quarter valued at $89,000. Groupe la Francaise purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter valued at $195,000. Compound Planning Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 18.8% in the 1st quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 4,559 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $399,000 after acquiring an additional 722 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 373.8% in the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,137,682 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $99,523,000 after acquiring an additional 897,585 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Pentair Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE PNR traded down $0.11 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $109.23. 817,107 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,544,470. The company has a current ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The stock has a market cap of $17.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.85, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.07. Pentair plc has a 1 year low of $74.25 and a 1 year high of $110.71. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $104.44 and a 200 day simple moving average of $96.03.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The business had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.12 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.22 EPS. The company's quarterly 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, research analysts forecast that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Mizuho boosted their target price on Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Barclays upped their price target on Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Bank of America lowered Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and dropped their price target for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, Oppenheimer upped their price target on Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target 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.