Pentair plc (PNR) Return on Invested Capital (ROIC): 12.46%

About Pentair plc

Pentair plc is a global enterprise dedicated to delivering comprehensive water solutions. Its operations are structured into two main business units: Consumer Solutions and Industrial & Flow Technologies. The Consumer Solutions segment specializes in the design, manufacture, and sale of equipment and accessories for both residential and commercial swimming pools. This includes a wide array of products such as pumps, filters, heating units, lighting, automated controls, robotic cleaners, and maintenance tools, all essential for pool construction, renovation, upkeep, and servicing. Furthermore, this division provides advanced water treatment products and systems, encompassing pressure vessels, control mechanisms, activated carbon filtration, conventional filters, and point-of-entry and point-of-use systems. These are tailored for residential applications like whole-home filtration, drinking water purification, and softening solutions, as well as for commercial needs, including complete water management and filtration in food service environments. Key brands under this segment include Everpure, Ken's Beverage, Kreepy Krauly, Pentair Water Solutions, Pleatco, RainSoft, and Sta-Rite. The Industrial & Flow Technologies segment focuses on producing and distributing fluid treatment products, such as sophisticated membrane filtration systems, separation technologies, and membrane bioreactors. It also offers a diverse portfolio of pumps, including those for water supply and disposal, solid handling, fluid transfer, and turbine applications. Complementing these are valves, precision spray nozzles, industrial process filtration systems, and innovative gas recovery solutions. This extensive product range caters to a multitude of sectors and applications, including food and beverage processing, fluid separation, water and wastewater treatment, well drilling, pressure enhancement, fire suppression, flood mitigation, agricultural irrigation, crop spraying, fluid circulation and delivery, ion exchange processes, desalination, residential and municipal water wells, and the handling of wastewater solids. Prominent brands within this segment feature Pentair, Aurora, Berkeley, Codeline, Fairbanks-Nijhuis, Haffmans, Hydromatic, Hypro, Jung Pumpen, Myers, Sta-Rite, Shurflo, Südmo, and X-Flow. Established in 1966, Pentair plc maintains its corporate headquarters in London, United Kingdom.