Strs Ohio Takes $18.69 Million Position 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 purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 213,681 shares of the industrial products company's stock, valued at approximately $18,693,000. Strs Ohio owned approximately 0.13% of Pentair at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Amundi lifted its stake in shares of 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 during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pentair by 19.1% during 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 acquiring an additional 661,154 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Pentair by 16.5% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,829,985 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $335,047,000 after buying an additional 541,461 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its holdings in Pentair by 6.7% during the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 3,468,651 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $349,085,000 after buying an additional 217,867 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted 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 purchasing an additional 143,464 shares during the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Pentair Trading Down 1.4%

PNR opened at $111.00 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $18.20 billion, a PE ratio of 30.33, a PEG ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The business has a 50 day moving average of $106.07 and a 200-day moving average of $97.12. Pentair plc has a 52 week low of $74.25 and a 52 week high of $112.91.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 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 company had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.12 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.22 EPS. 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. Equities research analysts predict that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. TD Cowen cut Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $115.00 to $110.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Bank of America lowered Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 29th. Mizuho increased their price objective on Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded 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 given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $114.36.

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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