Perpetual Ltd Has $17.18 Million Stock Position in Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Perpetual Ltd increased its stake in Pentair plc by 11.0%, acquiring an additional 16,546 shares, bringing its total ownership to 167,343 shares valued at approximately $17.18 million.
• A number of analysts have recently adjusted price targets for Pentair, with Barclays raising their target from $116.00 to $117.00, while Bank of America lowered its target from $106.00 to $100.00.
• Pentair reported $1.39 EPS for the last quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations, and set guidance for Q3 2025 at 1.160-1.20 EPS with a full-year guidance of 4.750-4.85 EPS for FY 2025.

Perpetual Ltd increased its position in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 11.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 167,343 shares of the industrial products company's stock after purchasing an additional 16,546 shares during the quarter. Perpetual Ltd owned approximately 0.10% of Pentair worth $17,179,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of PNR. Tidal Investments LLC lifted its position in Pentair by 52.2% in the fourth quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 21,956 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $2,210,000 after purchasing an additional 7,526 shares during the period. Twinbeech Capital LP bought a new position in Pentair in the fourth quarter worth $354,000. Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its position in Pentair by 1,156.1% in the fourth quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 55,974 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $5,633,000 after purchasing an additional 51,518 shares during the period. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC bought a new position in Pentair in the fourth quarter worth $206,000. Finally, GF Fund Management CO. LTD. bought a new position in Pentair in the fourth quarter worth $335,000. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of Pentair stock traded down $1.20 during trading on Friday, reaching $110.32. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,172,932 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,054,122. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $106.48 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $97.79. The company has a current ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. Pentair plc has a one year low of $74.25 and a one year high of $112.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.08.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The business had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.12 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.22 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 anticipate that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on PNR. Barclays raised their target price on Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Citigroup reissued a "buy" rating and set a $125.00 price objective (up from $99.00) on shares of Pentair in a report on Monday, July 14th. Mizuho lifted their price objective on 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 Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen cut Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and cut their price objective for the company from $115.00 to $110.00 in a 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 MarketBeat, Pentair presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $114.36.

Pentair Company 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.