Pentair plc $PNR Stock Holdings Increased by UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC

Key Points

• UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its position in Pentair plc by 19.1% during Q1, now owning approximately 4.13 million shares worth $361.3 million.
• Pentair reported Q2 earnings of $1.39 per share, exceeding estimates, with revenue of $1.12 billion, up 2.2% year-over-year.
• Analysts have set a consensus price target of $114.36 for Pentair, with ratings varying from "Strong Buy" to "Hold."

UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC boosted its position in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 19.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,129,805 shares of the industrial products company's stock after buying an additional 661,154 shares during the quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC owned approximately 2.51% of Pentair worth $361,275,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in PNR. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Pentair by 373.8% during the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,137,682 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $99,523,000 after purchasing an additional 897,585 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Pentair by 4,231.6% in the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 622,185 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $54,429,000 after purchasing an additional 607,821 shares during the period. Amundi lifted its position in Pentair by 13.6% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 4,974,612 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $412,033,000 after purchasing an additional 594,989 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its position in Pentair by 229.1% in the first quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 786,362 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $68,791,000 after purchasing an additional 547,419 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in Pentair by 16.5% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,829,985 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $335,047,000 after purchasing an additional 541,461 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Pentair Stock Performance

NYSE:PNR opened at $109.31 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.92 billion, a PE ratio of 29.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 1.08. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $105.87 and a 200 day moving average price of $96.85. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. Pentair plc has a 12-month low of $74.25 and a 12-month high of $111.80.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share 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 net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 21.62%. The company's revenue was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.22 earnings per share. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Mizuho increased 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. Oppenheimer upped their price target 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. Citigroup reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $125.00 price target (up from $99.00) on shares of Pentair in a research note on Monday, July 14th. TD Cowen downgraded shares of Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $115.00 to $110.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on shares of Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two research 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 given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target 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.

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