Pentair plc $PNR Shares Sold by HighTower Advisors LLC

Key Points

• HighTower Advisors LLC reduced its stake in Pentair plc by 12.9% in the first quarter, now holding 39,052 shares valued at approximately $3.4 million.
• Institutional investors, such as Invesco Ltd. and UBS AM, have increased their holdings in Pentair, indicating growing confidence in the company's prospects.
• Pentair reported earnings of $1.39 per share for the last quarter, surpassing analysts' expectations and projecting future EPS guidance of 1.160-1.20 for Q3 2025.

HighTower Advisors LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 12.9% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 39,052 shares of the industrial products company's stock after selling 5,797 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC's holdings in Pentair were worth $3,416,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Parvin Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Pentair during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $33,000. Colonial Trust Co SC grew its position in shares of Pentair by 230.8% in the 4th quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 344 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 240 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Horizon Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $38,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Pentair Stock Performance

NYSE:PNR traded up $0.27 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $109.44. 1,163,453 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,473,986. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.90, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.07. Pentair plc has a 52-week low of $74.25 and a 52-week high of $110.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The company's 50 day moving average price is $104.44 and its 200-day moving average price is $96.03.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

PNR has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Citigroup reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $125.00 price objective (up previously from $99.00) on shares of Pentair in a research report on Monday, July 14th. TD Cowen downgraded shares of Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $115.00 to $110.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Mizuho lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Bank of America downgraded shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Pentair has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $114.36.

Pentair 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.