Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Hits New 1-Year High - Still a Buy?

Key Points

• Pentair plc hit a new 52-week high of $112.91, reflecting increased investor interest, with its stock currently trading at $111.85.
• Several analysts have raised their price targets for Pentair, with Stifel Nicolaus setting a target of $124.00, and the consensus rating for the stock is a "Moderate Buy" with an average price target of $114.36.
• Pentair reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $1.39 for the last quarter, beating estimates, and projected future EPS guidance of 1.160-1.20 for Q3 2025.

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report)'s share price reached a new 52-week high on Thursday . The company traded as high as $112.91 and last traded at $111.85, with a volume of 158848 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $109.46.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

PNR has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Mizuho increased their price objective on Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Barclays raised their price target on Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. TD Cowen cut Pentair from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and reduced their price target for the company from $115.00 to $110.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Bank of America cut Pentair from a "neutral" rating to an "underperform" rating and reduced their price target for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Pentair has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $114.36.

Pentair Stock Down 1.1%

The stock has a market capitalization of $18.08 billion, a PE ratio of 30.14, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.08. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $106.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of $97.85. The company has a current ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.22 EPS. Pentair'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. Equities research analysts anticipate that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. increased its position in Pentair by 4.8% during the first quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 75,337 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $6,590,000 after buying an additional 3,476 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in Pentair by 31.5% during the first quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,453 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $390,000 after buying an additional 1,067 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its position in 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 worth $361,275,000 after buying an additional 661,154 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp increased its position in Pentair by 6.6% during the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 4,075 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $356,000 after buying an additional 253 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 14.0% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,964 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $347,000 after purchasing an additional 487 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

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.