Voya Investment Management LLC Lowers Holdings in Pentair plc $PNR

Voya Investment Management LLC cut its holdings in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) by 26.7% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 117,479 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 42,853 shares during the period. Voya Investment Management LLC owned 0.07% of Pentair worth $10,277,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in PNR. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Pentair in the 1st quarter worth approximately $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair during the 1st quarter worth approximately $33,000. Horizon Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair during the 1st quarter worth approximately $38,000. North Capital Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Pentair during the 1st quarter worth approximately $38,000. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc raised its holdings in shares of Pentair by 128.4% during the 1st quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 507 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 285 shares in the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Pentair Price Performance

PNR opened at $110.99 on Wednesday. Pentair plc has a 12-month low of $74.25 and a 12-month high of $112.91. The company has a current ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $106.28 and its 200-day simple moving average is $97.38. The company has a market capitalization of $18.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.33, a PEG ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 1.08.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share (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 business 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 EPS. The business’s 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. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Barclays upped their price objective on Pentair from $116.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Mizuho upped their price objective on Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Bank of America cut Pentair from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, July 26th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Pentair currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus 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.