Pentair plc (NYSE: PNR) is -9.39% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $72.63 and a high of $110.71 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PNR stock was last observed hovering at around $89.67 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.52%.
Currently trading at $91.19, the stock is -4.25% and -7.90% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.86 million and changing 1.70% at the moment leaves the stock -1.77% off its SMA200. PNR registered 16.42% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 2.82%.
The stock witnessed a -11.15% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.33%, and is -2.24% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.68% over the week and 2.42% over the month.
Pentair plc (PNR) has around 9750 employees, a market worth around $15.03B and $4.08B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 24.36 and Fwd P/E is 17.24. Profit margin for the company is 15.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.55% and -17.63% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.81%).
with sales reaching $988.44M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 9.80% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.41% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -2.83% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 164.80M, and float is at 163.89M with Short Float at 1.52%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 20.03 million shares valued at $1.54 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.0884 of the PNR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 15.62 million shares valued at $1.2 billion to account for 9.4286 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are IMPAX ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP PLC which holds 8.88 million shares representing 5.3554 and valued at over $679.91 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.1274 of the shares totaling 8.5 million with a market value of $651.4 million.
Pentair plc (PNR) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Pentair plc (PNR) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Pilla Stephen J, the company’s EVP Ch Sup Chn Of Ch Trnfrm O. SEC filings show that Pilla Stephen J sold 7,200 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 14 ’25 at a price of $98.14 per share for a total of $0.71 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 15099.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 02 ’24, GLENN T MICHAEL (Director) disposed off 4,008 shares at an average price of $109.14 for $0.44 million. The insider now directly holds 29,895 shares of Pentair plc (PNR).
Pentair plc (PNR): Who are the competitors?
One of the company’s main competitors (and peers) include Dover Corp. (DOV) that is trading 11.01% up over the past 12 months.Ingersoll Rand Inc. (IR) lies in the list of competitors of the Pentair plc and is -6.44% lower over the same period from PNRXylem Inc. (XYL) is 2.63% up on the 1-year trading charts.
