Hsbc Holdings PLC Has $19.16 Million Stock Holdings in Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• HSBC Holdings PLC increased its stake in Pentair plc by 35.5%, acquiring 57,812 additional shares during the first quarter, totaling 220,749 shares valued at approximately $19.16 million.
• Several institutional investors significantly boosted their holdings in Pentair, with Pacer Advisors Inc. growing its stake by 4,231.6% to 622,185 shares, valued at around $54.43 million.
• Pentair reported $1.39 EPS for the latest quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations, and set guidance for Q3 2025 at 1.160-1.20 EPS.

Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its position in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 35.5% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 220,749 shares of the industrial products company's stock after purchasing an additional 57,812 shares during the quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC owned about 0.13% of Pentair worth $19,160,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in PNR. Parvin Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Pentair in the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Pentair in the 1st quarter valued at $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. bought a new stake in Pentair in the 1st quarter valued at $33,000. Colonial Trust Co SC boosted its stake in Pentair by 230.8% in the 4th quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 344 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 240 shares during the period. Finally, Horizon Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in Pentair in the 1st quarter valued at $38,000. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on PNR. Mizuho upped their target price on Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Barclays upped their target price on Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Citigroup restated a "buy" rating and set a $125.00 price objective (up from $99.00) on shares of Pentair in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Two investment 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 has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $114.36.

Pentair Price Performance

PNR traded down $0.37 on Thursday, reaching $108.97. The stock had a trading volume of 447,870 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,542,112. Pentair plc has a fifty-two week low of $74.25 and a fifty-two week high of $110.71. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $104.44 and a 200-day moving average of $96.03. 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 company has a market capitalization of $17.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.78, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.07.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results 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. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.12 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.22 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter 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, sell-side analysts anticipate that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current 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.