Pentair plc $PNR Shares Purchased by Czech National Bank

Key Points

• The Czech National Bank increased its stake in Pentair plc by 6.0%, now owning 40,216 shares valued at approximately $4.13 million.
• Analysts have varied target price revisions for Pentair, with Citigroup raising its target to $125, while Bank of America downgraded it to $100.
• Pentair reported a quarterly EPS of $1.39, exceeding analysts' expectations of $1.33, along with revenues of $1.12 billion.

Czech National Bank raised its holdings in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 6.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 40,216 shares of the industrial products company's stock after acquiring an additional 2,265 shares during the quarter. Czech National Bank's holdings in Pentair were worth $4,129,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on PNR shares. Bank of America downgraded Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. TD Cowen downgraded Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and cut their price target for the stock from $115.00 to $110.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the company 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 given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Pentair currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $114.36.

Pentair Price Performance

PNR stock traded down $0.04 during trading on Monday, hitting $110.26. The stock had a trading volume of 790,433 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,099,869. The stock has a market cap of $18.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.08. 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 company's 50 day moving average price is $106.55 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $98.00. Pentair plc has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $112.91.

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. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. Pentair had a net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 21.62%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.22 earnings per share. 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 fiscal year.

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.