Insider Selling: Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Director Sells 6,558 Shares of Stock

Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) Director T Michael Glenn sold 6,558 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $104.33, for a total value of $684,196.14. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 31,192 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,254,261.36. This represents a 17.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

Pentair Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of PNR traded up $0.18 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $105.24. 1,013,205 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,441,300. Pentair plc has a 1-year low of $74.25 and a 1-year high of $113.95. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $107.94 and a 200-day moving average price of $105.37. The company has a current ratio of 1.46, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. The company has a market cap of $17.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.71, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.14.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1 billion. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.83% and a net margin of 15.84%.The company’s revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.09 EPS. Pentair has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.110-1.160 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 4.850-4.900 EPS. Research analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Pentair Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 24th were paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, October 24th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio is 25.38%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wexford Capital LP bought a new stake in shares of Pentair in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in Pentair by 64.9% in the third quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 249 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 98 shares during the period. First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Pentair by 105.4% during the second quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 345 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 177 shares during the last quarter. Garde Capital Inc. bought a new stake in Pentair during the second quarter valued at $41,000. Finally, North Star Investment Management Corp. raised its holdings in shares of Pentair by 91.5% during the second quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 404 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 193 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on PNR shares. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Pentair from $125.00 to $127.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Pentair from $116.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Pentair in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on Pentair from $121.00 to $124.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on Pentair from $124.00 to $128.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Two research 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $119.85.

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.