AQR Capital Management LLC Sells 150,058 Shares of Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• AQR Capital Management LLC has reduced its stake in Pentair plc by 14.8%, selling 150,058 shares, and now holds about 0.52% of the company valued at $74.12 million.
• Institutional investors collectively own 92.37% of Pentair, with various firms adjusting their stakes, including Advisors Asset Management and Amundi, which increased their holdings by 5.7% and 13.6%, respectively.
• Pentair's most recent earnings report showed an EPS of $1.39, surpassing analysts' expectations, and the company set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS.

AQR Capital Management LLC lowered its stake in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 14.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 861,806 shares of the industrial products company's stock after selling 150,058 shares during the quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC owned about 0.52% of Pentair worth $74,124,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Pentair in the first quarter valued at approximately $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Pentair in the first quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Colonial Trust Co SC raised its holdings 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 valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 240 shares during the last quarter. Horizon Financial Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Pentair in the first quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Finally, North Capital Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Pentair in the first quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Pentair Stock Up 0.1%

PNR traded up $0.07 during trading on Monday, reaching $110.71. 955,601 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,147,402. The stock has a market cap of $18.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.08. Pentair plc has a twelve month low of $74.25 and a twelve month high of $111.80. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $105.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $96.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.45.

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 for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.22 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on PNR. Bank of America downgraded shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. Mizuho lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating 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 assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price 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.