Pentair (NYSE:PNR) Stock Rating Upgraded by Wall Street Zen

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report issued on Sunday.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on PNR. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Pentair from $126.00 to $133.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. 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 shares of Pentair from $121.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $135.00 price objective on shares of Pentair in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $120.00 to $135.00 in a research note on Wednesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $121.07.

Pentair Price Performance

Shares of NYSE PNR opened at $105.98 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $106.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $105.71. The company has a market cap of $17.34 billion, a PE ratio of 26.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 1.21. Pentair has a twelve month low of $74.25 and a twelve month high of $113.95.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.06. Pentair had a return on equity of 21.83% and a net margin of 15.84%.The company had revenue of $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.09 earnings per share. The business’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. On average, analysts predict that Pentair will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Pentair news, CFO Robert P. Fishman sold 7,786 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.42, for a total transaction of $820,800.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 63,164 shares in the company, valued at $6,658,748.88. The trade was a 10.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director T Michael Glenn sold 6,558 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $104.33, for a total value of $684,196.14. Following the sale, the director owned 31,192 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,254,261.36. The trade was a 17.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 1.10% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pentair

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Neuberger Berman Group LLC boosted its holdings in Pentair by 40.0% in the second quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 52,886 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $5,429,000 after acquiring an additional 15,105 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its position in shares of Pentair by 19.1% in 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 purchasing an additional 661,154 shares during the period. United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund bought a new stake in shares of Pentair in the 2nd quarter valued at $380,000. Vinva Investment Management Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Pentair by 191.1% in the 2nd quarter. Vinva Investment Management Ltd now owns 11,151 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,155,000 after purchasing an additional 7,321 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Pentair during the second quarter worth $336,000. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

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.