Pentair plc $PNR Stock Position Boosted by Lido Advisors LLC

Lido Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) by 29.9% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 20,505 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,724 shares during the period. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in Pentair were worth $2,105,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. XTX Topco Ltd bought a new stake in Pentair during the first quarter worth approximately $394,000. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Pentair by 46.8% during the 1st quarter. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC now owns 941 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $82,000 after purchasing an additional 300 shares during the period. iA Global Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Pentair during the 1st quarter valued at $1,202,000. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. bought a new stake in shares of Pentair in the 1st quarter worth $2,099,000. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 2.8% in the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,454,832 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $127,269,000 after buying an additional 39,441 shares during the period. 92.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Pentair

In other news, Director T Michael Glenn sold 6,558 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $104.33, for a total value of $684,196.14. Following the transaction, the director owned 31,192 shares in the company, valued at $3,254,261.36. This represents a 17.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Robert P. Fishman sold 7,786 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.42, for a total transaction of $820,800.12. Following the completion of the sale, 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 1.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup lifted their target price on Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $121.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Robert W. Baird set a $130.00 target price on shares of Pentair in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Pentair from $116.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on Pentair from $125.00 to $127.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Pentair currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $119.85.

Pentair Stock Up 1.2%

PNR stock opened at $106.46 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.46 and a quick ratio of 0.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.21. Pentair plc has a 52-week low of $74.25 and a 52-week high of $113.95. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $107.79 and its 200-day simple moving average is $105.41.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last posted 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 net margin of 15.84% and a return on equity of 21.83%. The firm had revenue of $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.09 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. 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 anticipate that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Pentair Announces Dividend

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

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.