United Services Automobile Association Takes $297,000 Position in Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• United Services Automobile Association has acquired 3,415 shares of Pentair plc valued at approximately $297,000, marking a new stake in the company during Q1, as reported in a recent 13F filing.
• Institutional investors hold a significant 92.37% of Pentair's stock, with Great Lakes Advisors LLC and Voleon Capital Management LP among those increasing their stakes substantially.
• Analysts have mixed reviews on Pentair, with price targets ranging from $100.00 to $122.00, reflecting differing assessments of the stock's performance potential.

United Services Automobile Association bought a new stake in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 3,415 shares of the industrial products company's stock, valued at approximately $297,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Great Lakes Advisors LLC lifted its position in Pentair by 28.9% during the first quarter. Great Lakes Advisors LLC now owns 130,004 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $11,373,000 after purchasing an additional 29,150 shares during the last quarter. Voleon Capital Management LP boosted its stake in shares of Pentair by 209.5% during the 1st quarter. Voleon Capital Management LP now owns 33,447 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $2,926,000 after purchasing an additional 22,639 shares during the period. USS Investment Management Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Pentair by 5.6% during the 1st quarter. USS Investment Management Ltd now owns 27,534 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $2,410,000 after purchasing an additional 1,452 shares during the period. Petrus Trust Company LTA boosted its stake in shares of Pentair by 58.9% during the 1st quarter. Petrus Trust Company LTA now owns 4,469 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $391,000 after purchasing an additional 1,657 shares during the period. Finally, Eventide Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Pentair by 10.2% during the 1st quarter. Eventide Asset Management LLC now owns 303,495 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $26,544,000 after buying an additional 28,120 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Pentair Stock Performance

Shares of PNR stock traded up $2.77 on Thursday, hitting $112.23. 241,686 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,502,892. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The company has a market capitalization of $18.40 billion, a PE ratio of 30.64, a PEG ratio of 2.13 and a beta of 1.08. Pentair plc has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $112.91. The company's fifty day moving average is $106.34 and its 200 day moving average is $97.47.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.22 earnings per share. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

PNR has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Mizuho lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Bank of America downgraded shares of Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Citigroup reissued a "buy" rating and set a $125.00 target price (up previously from $99.00) on shares of Pentair in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Oppenheimer upped their price objective on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price 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.