Cwm LLC Acquires 7,196 Shares of Pentair plc $PNR

Cwm LLC raised its holdings in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) by 53.7% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 20,587 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,196 shares during the quarter. Cwm LLC’s holdings in Pentair were worth $2,113,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in PNR. Horizon Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Pentair during the 1st quarter valued at $38,000. North Capital Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Pentair during the 1st quarter valued at $38,000. Garde Capital Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Pentair during the 2nd quarter valued at $41,000. North Star Investment Management Corp. raised its position in shares of Pentair by 91.5% during the 2nd quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 404 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 193 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group raised its position in shares of Pentair by 14.8% during the 1st quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 847 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $74,000 after acquiring an additional 109 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

PNR has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $107.00 to $121.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. TD Cowen lowered shares of Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $115.00 to $110.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Bank of America lowered shares of Pentair from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $106.00 to $100.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 29th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. Finally, Mizuho boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Pentair has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $116.21.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of NYSE PNR opened at $108.82 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $17.84 billion, a PE ratio of 29.73, a PEG ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.10. 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 plc has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $113.95. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $109.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $100.89.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The industrial products company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $1.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.12 billion. Pentair had a net margin of 14.86% and a return on equity of 21.62%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.22 EPS. Pentair has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.160-1.20 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.750-4.85 EPS. Research analysts predict that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, October 24th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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%.

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.