Versor Investments LP Makes New Investment in Pentair plc $PNR

Key Points

• Versor Investments LP has invested $425,000 in Pentair plc by acquiring 4,862 shares, marking a notable new position in the company's stock.
• Pentair recently reported quarterly earnings with an EPS of $1.39, surpassing analyst expectations, and projects Q3 2025 EPS guidance between 1.160-1.20.
• Analysts have mixed views on Pentair, with recent downgrades from Bank of America and TD Cowen, while others, including Royal Bank of Canada and Robert W. Baird, have increased their price targets.

Versor Investments LP acquired a new stake in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 4,862 shares of the industrial products company's stock, valued at approximately $425,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Parvin Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Pentair during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Pentair in the first quarter valued at $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair during the first quarter worth about $33,000. Colonial Trust Co SC lifted its stake in Pentair by 230.8% in the 4th quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 344 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 240 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Horizon Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in Pentair in the 1st quarter valued at about $38,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Pentair Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of Pentair stock traded down $0.4680 during trading on Monday, hitting $108.1320. 485,910 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,546,494. The stock has a market cap of $17.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 1.07. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $103.72 and its 200 day moving average price is $95.77. Pentair plc has a 12-month low of $74.25 and a 12-month high of $110.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.84.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly 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. Pentair had a net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 21.62%. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.12 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.22 earnings per share. Pentair's quarterly revenue 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. As a group, analysts forecast that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have weighed in on PNR shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Pentair from $113.00 to $116.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. TD Cowen lowered shares of Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $115.00 to $110.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. Two 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 issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target 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.