Pentair plc $PNR Stock Position Raised by ORG Wealth Partners LLC

Key Points

• ORG Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in Pentair plc shares by 60.6% during the second quarter, owning a total of 6,686 shares valued at $702,000.
• Several analysts have upgraded Pentair, with Wall Street Zen raising the stock from a "hold" to a "buy" rating and Stifel Nicolaus increasing the target price from $104.00 to $124.00.
• Pentair recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, resulting in an annualized yield of 0.9%, with a payout ratio of 27.32%.

ORG Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 60.6% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 6,686 shares of the industrial products company's stock after purchasing an additional 2,524 shares during the period. ORG Wealth Partners LLC's holdings in Pentair were worth $702,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Amundi grew 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 acquiring an additional 594,989 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC grew its position in 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 worth $361,275,000 after acquiring an additional 661,154 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew 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 acquiring an additional 541,461 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its position in Pentair by 7.3% in the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 2,105,727 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $184,209,000 after acquiring an additional 143,464 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its position in Pentair by 2.5% in the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,050,774 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $179,402,000 after acquiring an additional 50,718 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on PNR. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Oppenheimer boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Bank of America cut shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, 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. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $114.36.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of Pentair stock opened at $109.87 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.02, a PEG ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 1.08. 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 firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $106.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $98.49. Pentair plc has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $112.91.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion for 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 business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $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. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

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

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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