Quantbot Technologies LP Acquires 22,429 Shares of Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Quantbot Technologies LP increased its stake in Pentair plc by 127.4% during the first quarter, holding 40,040 shares valued at approximately $3.5 million.
• Pentair recently reported earnings per share (EPS) of $1.39 for the last quarter, surpassing analysts' estimates, and issued Q3 2025 EPS guidance between 1.160 and 1.20.
• Analysts have mixed ratings for Pentair, with upgrades from Citigroup and Wall Street Zen, while TD Cowen and Bank of America downgraded their ratings, reflecting a consensus Moderate Buy outlook.

Quantbot Technologies LP lifted its position in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 127.4% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 40,040 shares of the industrial products company's stock after purchasing an additional 22,429 shares during the quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP's holdings in Pentair were worth $3,503,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its position in shares of Pentair by 4.8% during the first quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 75,337 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $6,590,000 after purchasing an additional 3,476 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Pentair by 31.5% during the first quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,453 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $390,000 after purchasing an additional 1,067 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp raised its position in shares of Pentair by 6.6% during the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 4,075 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $356,000 after purchasing an additional 253 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Pentair by 14.0% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,964 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $347,000 after purchasing an additional 487 shares during the period. Finally, Ritholtz Wealth Management raised its position in shares of Pentair by 44.7% during the first quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 3,031 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $265,000 after purchasing an additional 937 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Oppenheimer upped their target price on Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. TD Cowen lowered Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and lowered their price target for the company from $115.00 to $110.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. Two equities research 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 given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $114.36.

Pentair Stock Performance

NYSE:PNR traded up $4.0520 during trading on Friday, reaching $108.4920. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,257,989 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,523,228. The firm has a market cap of $17.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.45. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $103.72 and a 200-day moving average of $95.81. Pentair plc has a 12 month low of $74.25 and a 12 month high of $110.71.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $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. Research analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.