Vest Financial LLC Has $62.49 Million Holdings in Pentair plc $PNR

Vest Financial LLC lifted its holdings in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) by 15.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 608,698 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 81,513 shares during the period. Pentair accounts for about 0.9% of Vest Financial LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest holding. Vest Financial LLC’s holdings in Pentair were worth $62,489,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of PNR. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Pentair in the 2nd quarter valued at $102,945,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in Pentair by 373.8% during the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,137,682 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $99,523,000 after acquiring an additional 897,585 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its position in Pentair by 19.1% during the 1st 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 worth $361,275,000 after acquiring an additional 661,154 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Pentair by 4,231.6% during the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 622,185 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $54,429,000 after acquiring an additional 607,821 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi lifted its position in 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 last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Pentair Stock Down 2.5%

Shares of PNR opened at $107.08 on Monday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $108.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of $100.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.26, a P/E/G ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.45. Pentair plc has a 52 week low of $74.25 and a 52 week high of $113.95.

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

Pentair Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, October 24th will be given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 24th. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio is 27.32%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Bank of America lowered shares of Pentair from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $106.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Pentair from $104.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $115.50.

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.