Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) Receives Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) has been assigned a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the eighteen research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have given a hold recommendation, eleven have assigned a buy recommendation and two have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $121.0667.

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Several brokerages have recently weighed in on PNR. Wolfe Research reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $135.00 price objective on shares of Pentair in a research report on Tuesday. Robert W. Baird set a $130.00 price objective on shares of Pentair in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of Pentair in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Pentair from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Sunday.

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Insider Activity

In other Pentair news, CFO Robert P. Fishman sold 7,786 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.42, for a total value of $820,800.12. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 63,164 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,658,748.88. The trade was a 10.97% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director T Michael Glenn sold 6,558 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $104.33, for a total transaction of $684,196.14. Following the transaction, the director owned 31,192 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,254,261.36. The trade was a 17.37% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 1.10% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Pentair

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its stake in Pentair by 173.6% during the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 2,837,753 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $311,046,000 after acquiring an additional 1,800,669 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of Pentair by 106.7% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,236,826 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $358,521,000 after purchasing an additional 1,670,944 shares during the period. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Pentair in the second quarter valued at about $102,945,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted 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 purchasing an additional 661,154 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in Pentair by 13.6% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 4,974,612 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $412,033,000 after buying an additional 594,989 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Pentair Stock Performance

PNR opened at $105.98 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Pentair has a 12-month low of $74.25 and a 12-month high of $113.95. The business has a 50 day moving average of $106.96 and a 200-day moving average of $105.71. The stock has a market cap of $17.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.90, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.21.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.83% and a net margin of 15.84%.The business had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.09 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Pentair has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.110-1.160 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 4.850-4.900 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Pentair will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 24th were given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 24th. Pentair's payout ratio is presently 25.38%.

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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