Capital World Investors Boosts Holdings in Aptiv PLC $APTV

Capital World Investors boosted its stake in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) by 10.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 872,563 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after acquiring an additional 81,491 shares during the period. Capital World Investors’ holdings in Aptiv were worth $75,232,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of APTV. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Aptiv during the third quarter worth about $30,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Aptiv in the 3rd quarter valued at about $31,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Aptiv by 452.3% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 486 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 398 shares during the period. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC purchased a new position in Aptiv during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $43,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC increased its position in Aptiv by 31.5% during the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 522 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.21% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on APTV. Wall Street Zen cut Aptiv from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Aptiv from $104.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, March 6th. UBS Group upgraded shares of Aptiv from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $89.00 to $97.00 in a research report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley set a $84.00 price objective on shares of Aptiv and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Evercore upped their target price on shares of Aptiv from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 24th. Sixteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $100.24.

Insider Transactions at Aptiv

In related news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total value of $425,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 116,959 shares in the company, valued at $9,941,515. This trade represents a 4.10% 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. 0.45% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Aptiv Stock Performance

NYSE:APTV opened at $70.07 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $79.14 and its 200 day moving average price is $80.24. Aptiv PLC has a 1-year low of $47.19 and a 1-year high of $88.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 1.74 and a quick ratio of 1.23. The firm has a market cap of $14.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 92.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.50.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $5.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.07 billion. Aptiv had a net margin of 0.81% and a return on equity of 18.22%. Aptiv’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.75 EPS. Aptiv has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.550-1.750 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.750 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Aptiv PLC will post 7.2 EPS for the current year.

Aptiv Company Profile

Aptiv plc is a global automotive technology company that develops safer, greener and more connected solutions for the mobility industry. The company designs and supplies advanced electrical architectures, electronic systems and software that enable vehicle connectivity, active safety, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving capabilities. Aptiv’s customers include major automakers and mobility service providers seeking to integrate higher levels of automation, electrification and software-defined features into production vehicles and mobility platforms.

Product and service offerings span vehicle electrical systems and wiring, connectors and harnesses, high-voltage electrification components, power electronics and charging solutions, sensors and compute platforms that support ADAS and autonomous functions, and the software and services required to integrate and manage these systems.