Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Buys 17,660 Shares of Pentair plc $PNR

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH raised its stake in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) by 11.0% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 178,381 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after buying an additional 17,660 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH’s holdings in Pentair were worth $18,313,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Pentair in the second quarter valued at approximately $102,945,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of Pentair by 373.8% in the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,137,682 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $99,523,000 after buying an additional 897,585 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its stake in shares of Pentair by 19.1% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 4,129,805 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $361,275,000 after buying an additional 661,154 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Pentair by 4,231.6% during the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 622,185 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $54,429,000 after buying an additional 607,821 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in shares of Pentair by 13.6% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 4,974,612 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $412,033,000 after acquiring an additional 594,989 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on PNR. Robert W. Baird set a $130.00 price objective on Pentair in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 26th. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of Pentair from $120.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. TD Cowen downgraded shares of Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $115.00 to $110.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of Pentair from $121.00 to $124.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $119.93.

Pentair Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of Pentair stock opened at $102.07 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $109.03 and its 200-day moving average price is $104.76. The company has a current ratio of 1.46, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Pentair plc has a 12-month low of $74.25 and a 12-month high of $113.95. The company has a market cap of $16.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.91, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.14.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 company had revenue of $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1 billion. Pentair had a net margin of 15.84% and a return on equity of 21.83%. Pentair’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.09 earnings per share. Pentair has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.110-1.160 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.850-4.900 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Pentair

In related news, CFO Robert P. Fishman sold 7,786 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.42, for a total value of $820,800.12. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 63,164 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,658,748.88. This trade represents a 10.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.45% of the company’s stock.

About Pentair

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.