Yousif Capital Management LLC Sells 2,362 Shares of Pentair plc $PNR

Yousif Capital Management LLC trimmed its stake in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Free Report) by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 100,564 shares of the industrial products company's stock after selling 2,362 shares during the quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC owned 0.06% of Pentair worth $10,324,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Amundi boosted its holdings in 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 in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC boosted its holdings in 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 acquiring an additional 661,154 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in Pentair by 16.5% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,829,985 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $335,047,000 after acquiring an additional 541,461 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 143,464 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its holdings in Pentair by 2.5% in the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 2,050,774 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $179,402,000 after acquiring an additional 50,718 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Pentair Stock Up 1.5%

PNR stock opened at $108.83 on Tuesday. Pentair plc has a fifty-two week low of $74.25 and a fifty-two week high of $113.95. The business's 50-day moving average is $108.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $100.38. 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 company has a market cap of $17.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.74, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last posted 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. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.62% and a net margin of 14.86%.The company had revenue of $1.12 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.22 earnings per share. Pentair's 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, analysts forecast that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Barclays upped their price target on Pentair from $117.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Oppenheimer upped their price target on Pentair from $118.00 to $120.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. Finally, Bank of America downgraded Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and lowered their price target for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $115.50.

Pentair 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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