Graham Capital Management L.P. Acquires 15,067 Shares of Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Graham Capital Management L.P. increased its stake in Pentair plc by 60.7%, acquiring an additional 15,067 shares, bringing its total holdings to 39,896 shares valued at approximately $3.49 million.
• Pentair's stock price recently fell 1.5%, and as of a recent Monday opening, the stock traded at $107.50.
• Analysts have varied opinions on Pentair, with recent ratings indicating a consensus of "Moderate Buy" and a price target of approximately $114.36.

Graham Capital Management L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 60.7% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 39,896 shares of the industrial products company's stock after acquiring an additional 15,067 shares during the quarter. Graham Capital Management L.P.'s holdings in Pentair were worth $3,490,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. Colonial Trust Co SC increased its stake in shares of Pentair by 230.8% during the fourth quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 344 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 240 shares during the period. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Pentair during the first quarter valued at approximately $33,000. North Capital Inc. purchased a new stake in Pentair in the first quarter worth $38,000. Finally, Horizon Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in Pentair in the first quarter worth $38,000. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on PNR. Wall Street Zen raised Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, July 26th. Oppenheimer upped their price target on Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Bank of America downgraded Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and lowered their target price for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped 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. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned 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, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $114.36.

Pentair Price Performance

NYSE PNR traded up $0.47 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $106.76. 934,825 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,222,957. The company has a market capitalization of $17.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.08. Pentair plc has a 12-month low of $74.25 and a 12-month high of $110.71. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $105.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $96.36. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.12 billion. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.22 EPS. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current 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.