Pentair plc (NYSE: PNR) is -3.29% 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 $99.77 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.44%.
Currently trading at $97.33, the stock is 3.04% and 9.70% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.28 million and changing -2.45% at the moment leaves the stock 2.36% off its SMA200. PNR registered 15.94% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -8.11%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $88.7256 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $95.0869.
The stock witnessed a 12.86% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 2.18%, and is 0.15% up 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 1.92% over the week and 2.08% over the month.
Pentair plc (PNR) has around 9750 employees, a market worth around $16.01B and $4.08B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 25.10 and Fwd P/E is 18.59. Profit margin for the company is 15.87%. Distance from 52-week low is 34.01% and -12.09% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.64%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 9.50% this year
1099.0 institutions hold shares in Pentair plc (PNR), with institutional investors hold 96.56% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 164.50M, and float is at 163.53M with Short Float at 2.20%. Institutions hold 95.83% of the Float.
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 12.0738 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 9.4173 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 5.1212 of the shares totaling 8.5 million with a market value of $651.4 million.
Pentair plc (PNR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by JONES DAVID A /WI, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that JONES DAVID A /WI sold 6,558 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 28 ’25 at a price of $89.94 per share for a total of $0.59 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 26313.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 14 ’25, Pilla Stephen J (EVP Ch Sup Chn Of Ch Trnfrm O) disposed off 7,200 shares at an average price of $98.14 for $0.71 million. The insider now directly holds 15,099 shares of Pentair plc (PNR).
