Pentair plc $PNR Stake Reduced by Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ

Key Points

• Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB reduced its stake in Pentair plc by 13.6%, now holding approximately 0.07% of the company valued at $9.4 million after selling 16,922 shares.
• Analysts have upgraded their price targets for Pentair, with Barclays setting a target of $117 and Robert W. Baird raising it to $121, indicating a positive outlook for the company.
• Pentair reported Q2 earnings of $1.39 per share, exceeding expectations, and announced guidance for Q3 2025 of $1.16 to $1.20 EPS.

Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ trimmed its holdings in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 13.6% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 107,465 shares of the industrial products company's stock after selling 16,922 shares during the period. Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ owned 0.07% of Pentair worth $9,401,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Pentair in the first quarter valued at approximately $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair during the 1st quarter valued at $33,000. Colonial Trust Co SC increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 230.8% during 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. Horizon Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth $38,000. Finally, North Capital Inc. acquired a new position in Pentair in the first quarter valued at $38,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Pentair Stock Down 1.1%

NYSE:PNR traded down $1.21 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $106.32. The stock had a trading volume of 1,111,022 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,538,873. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $105.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $96.21. Pentair plc has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $110.71. The company has a market capitalization of $17.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.84.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last issued its 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. The company 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 business's revenue was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm 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. Equities analysts anticipate that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on PNR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Bank of America cut shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, Mizuho raised their price objective on Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $114.36.

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.