Valeo Financial Advisors LLC Takes $102.95 Million Position in Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Valeo Financial Advisors LLC has acquired a new position in Pentair plc, purchasing over 1 million shares valued at approximately $102.95 million, representing 0.61% of the company.
• Pentair recently reported earnings per share (EPS) of $1.39, surpassing analysts' estimates, and set guidance for Q3 2025 EPS between $1.160 and $1.20.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, with a dividend yield of 0.9%, to be paid on November 7th.

Valeo Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm bought 1,002,776 shares of the industrial products company's stock, valued at approximately $102,945,000. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC owned 0.61% of Pentair as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its holdings in Pentair by 373.8% in the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,137,682 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $99,523,000 after acquiring an additional 897,585 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC boosted its position in shares of Pentair by 19.1% in 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 worth $361,275,000 after purchasing an additional 661,154 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Pentair by 4,231.6% in the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 622,185 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $54,429,000 after purchasing an additional 607,821 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased 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 purchasing an additional 594,989 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its position in shares of Pentair by 229.1% during the 1st quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 786,362 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $68,791,000 after purchasing an additional 547,419 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Pentair Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of NYSE PNR opened at $112.28 on Monday. Pentair plc has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $113.95. 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 business's 50 day moving average is $107.56 and its two-hundred day moving average is $99.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.68, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 1.10.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 firm had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.12 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.22 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. 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, research analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, October 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 24th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Pentair's payout ratio is currently 27.32%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently issued reports on PNR. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of Pentair in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Pentair from $117.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Pentair currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $114.93.

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.

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