Pentair plc $PNR Stock Holdings Lifted by Vest Financial LLC

Key Points

• Vest Financial LLC increased its stake in Pentair plc by 15.5% in Q2, now owning 608,698 shares valued at roughly $62.5 million.
• Pentair reported an EPS of $1.39 for Q2, exceeding estimates, with a net margin of 14.86% and revenue of $1.12 billion.
• The company has announced a quarterly dividend of $0.25 to be paid on November 7, representing a 0.9% yield and a payout ratio of 27.32%.

Vest Financial LLC raised its stake in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 15.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 608,698 shares of the industrial products company's stock after buying an additional 81,513 shares during the period. Pentair makes up about 0.9% of Vest Financial LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest holding. Vest Financial LLC owned approximately 0.37% of Pentair worth $62,489,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 4.8% in the first quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 75,337 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $6,590,000 after buying an additional 3,476 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 31.5% in the first quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,453 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $390,000 after buying an additional 1,067 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 19.1% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 4,129,805 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $361,275,000 after buying an additional 661,154 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 6.6% in the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 4,075 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $356,000 after buying an additional 253 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 14.0% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,964 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $347,000 after buying an additional 487 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Pentair Trading Down 2.5%

Pentair stock opened at $107.08 on Monday. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $108.39 and its 200-day simple moving average is $100.23. 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 $113.95. The stock has a market cap of $17.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.26, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.12 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.22 EPS. Pentair's revenue 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. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, October 24th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 24th. Pentair's payout ratio is presently 27.32%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

PNR has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Bank of America downgraded shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and cut their target price for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $117.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. Robert W. Baird boosted 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. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $115.50.

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.

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