Exchange Traded Concepts LLC Has $2.50 Million Holdings in Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Exchange Traded Concepts LLC reduced its stock position in Pentair plc by 20.9% during the 2nd quarter, now owning 24,330 shares valued at approximately $2.5 million.
• Pentair reported a quarterly earnings of $1.39 EPS, beating estimates, and has set guidance for Q3 2025 EPS between $1.160 and $1.20.
• Analysts have mixed ratings on Pentair, with price targets ranging from $100 to $124, indicating varied expectations regarding the company’s future performance.

Exchange Traded Concepts LLC lessened its position in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 20.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 24,330 shares of the industrial products company's stock after selling 6,440 shares during the period. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC's holdings in Pentair were worth $2,498,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Amundi increased its position in Pentair by 13.6% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 4,974,612 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $412,033,000 after buying an additional 594,989 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 661,154 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased 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 worth $335,047,000 after acquiring an additional 541,461 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in Pentair by 7.3% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 2,105,727 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $184,209,000 after purchasing an additional 143,464 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its holdings in Pentair by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,050,774 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $179,402,000 after purchasing an additional 50,718 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

PNR has been the topic of several recent research reports. Bank of America cut shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Citigroup reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $125.00 target price (up from $99.00) on shares of Pentair in a research report on Monday, July 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $114.36.

Pentair Trading Down 0.0%

NYSE:PNR traded down $0.04 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $110.26. 790,433 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,507,499. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $106.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $97.85. Pentair plc has a one year low of $74.25 and a one year high of $112.91. The stock has a market capitalization 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 current ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The firm's revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $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. Sell-side analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.