Magnetar Financial LLC Acquires Shares of 68,178 Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Magnetar Financial LLC has invested approximately $5.96 million to acquire 68,178 shares of Pentair plc, reflecting growing institutional interest in the company.
• Research analysts have varied opinions on Pentair, with target price adjustments ranging from $100.00 to $117.00 and an average consensus rating of "Moderate Buy."
• Pentair reported $1.39 earnings per share for the most recent quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations, and expects further earnings growth with a Q3 2025 guidance of 1.160-1.20 EPS.

Magnetar Financial LLC acquired a new position in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 68,178 shares of the industrial products company's stock, valued at approximately $5,964,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Parvin Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Pentair during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. bought a new position in Pentair in the 1st quarter worth $33,000. Colonial Trust Co SC lifted its position in shares of Pentair by 230.8% in the fourth 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Horizon Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $38,000. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Pentair Price Performance

PNR stock traded down $1.21 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $106.32. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,107,975 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,538,851. The company's 50 day moving average is $105.05 and its two-hundred day moving average is $96.21. Pentair plc has a fifty-two week low of $74.25 and a fifty-two week high of $110.71. 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 stock has a market cap of $17.43 billion, a PE ratio of 29.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.08.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 firm had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.12 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.22 EPS. Pentair'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. Equities research analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on PNR. Bank of America lowered Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and dropped their target price for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, July 26th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen lowered shares of Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $115.00 to $110.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $114.36.

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.