Strs Ohio Makes New Investment in Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Strs Ohio invested approximately $18.69 million in Pentair plc, acquiring 213,681 shares during the first quarter, representing about 0.13% ownership of the company.
• Multiple institutional investors adjusted their stakes in Pentair, with Amundi increasing theirs by 13.6% and UBS Asset Management upping theirs by 19.1% in the same quarter.
• Pentair recently reported an EPS of $1.39 for the last quarter, exceeding analyst estimates, and has set its Q3 2025 EPS guidance between $1.160 and $1.20.

Strs Ohio bought a new position in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 213,681 shares of the industrial products company's stock, valued at approximately $18,693,000. Strs Ohio owned 0.13% of Pentair at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its holdings in Pentair by 29.9% during the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 9,128 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $942,000 after purchasing an additional 2,101 shares during the last quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Pentair in the 4th quarter valued at about $295,000. Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its holdings in Pentair by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 23,683 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $2,383,000 after purchasing an additional 679 shares during the period. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp raised its stake in Pentair by 20.6% in the fourth quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp now owns 6,886 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $693,000 after buying an additional 1,178 shares during the period. Finally, Nomura Holdings Inc. raised its stake in Pentair by 49.5% in the fourth quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. now owns 22,762 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $2,291,000 after buying an additional 7,532 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on PNR shares. Barclays boosted their target price on Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. TD Cowen lowered shares of Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $115.00 to $110.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $114.36.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of PNR stock traded up $2.75 during trading on Thursday, hitting $112.21. The company had a trading volume of 298,692 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,503,167. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $106.34 and its 200 day moving average price is $97.47. Pentair plc has a one year low of $74.25 and a one year high of $112.91. 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 market capitalization of $18.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 1.08.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share 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 company's revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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. Equities analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.