Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Upgraded at Wall Street Zen

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) was upgraded by investment analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Sunday.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on PNR. Oppenheimer upped their target price on shares of Pentair from $124.00 to $128.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $120.00 to $135.00 in a research report on Wednesday. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on Pentair from $121.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Citigroup boosted their target price on Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price target on Pentair from $120.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $121.07.

Pentair Stock Performance

Shares of Pentair stock opened at $105.98 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $106.96 and a two-hundred day moving average of $105.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 1.46. The stock has a market capitalization 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 has a 52 week low of $74.25 and a 52 week high of $113.95.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.24 EPS 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.09 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly 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. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Pentair will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Pentair

In other news, CFO Robert P. Fishman sold 7,786 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.42, for a total transaction of $820,800.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 63,164 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,658,748.88. This trade represents a 10.97% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director T Michael Glenn sold 6,558 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the sale, the director directly owned 31,192 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,254,261.36. This represents a 17.37% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 1.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Allworth Financial LP increased its position in shares of Pentair by 138.4% in the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,764 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $195,000 after acquiring an additional 1,024 shares during the last quarter. Investment Research Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Pentair during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $301,000. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Pentair during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,507,000. Achmea Investment Management B.V. boosted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 86.9% in the 3rd quarter. Achmea Investment Management B.V. now owns 140,720 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $15,586,000 after buying an additional 65,425 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Affirmative Financial Network boosted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 4.3% in the 3rd quarter. First Affirmative Financial Network now owns 2,861 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $317,000 after buying an additional 118 shares during the last quarter. 92.37% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.