Fielder Capital Group LLC Purchases New Stake in Pentair plc $PNR

Fielder Capital Group LLC bought a new position in Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 2,196 shares of the industrial products company’s stock, valued at approximately $225,000.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd raised its position in shares of Pentair by 0.5% in the second quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 19,965 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,050,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares during the period. Horizon Investments LLC grew its stake in Pentair by 4.8% during the first quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 2,372 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $207,000 after buying an additional 109 shares during the last quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group lifted its position in Pentair by 14.8% during the 1st quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 847 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $74,000 after buying an additional 109 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC lifted its holdings in Pentair by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC now owns 5,521 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $483,000 after buying an additional 123 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Signaturefd LLC boosted its position in shares of Pentair by 11.5% in the 2nd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,245 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $128,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Pentair Price Performance

NYSE:PNR opened at $109.78 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $109.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is $101.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.46. The firm has a market cap of $17.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.86, a PEG ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 1.10. Pentair plc has a one year low of $74.25 and a one year high of $113.95.

Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The industrial products company reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.09 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Pentair has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.110-1.160 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 4.850-4.900 EPS. Research analysts expect that Pentair plc will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

Pentair Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 7th. Investors of record on Friday, October 24th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 24th. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.38%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have issued reports on PNR shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 26th. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Pentair from $120.00 to $124.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Mizuho boosted their target price on Pentair from $118.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. TD Cowen cut Pentair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $115.00 to $110.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $130.00 target price on Pentair in a report on Wednesday. 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 given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Pentair has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $119.93.

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.