Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) Receives $84.78 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) has earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-four ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, twenty have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $84.8187.

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Aptiv from $83.00 to $84.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on shares of Aptiv from $84.00 to $74.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of Aptiv from $103.00 to $106.00 in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Aptiv from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Evercore dropped their price target on shares of Aptiv from $100.00 to $80.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aptiv

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund raised its position in shares of Aptiv by 56.5% in the first quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 13,368 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $928,000 after buying an additional 4,826 shares in the last quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC raised its position in shares of Aptiv by 4.7% in the first quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 70,700 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $4,909,000 after buying an additional 3,200 shares in the last quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL raised its position in shares of Aptiv by 39.7% in the first quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 12,403 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $861,000 after buying an additional 3,523 shares in the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. raised its position in shares of Aptiv by 10.9% in the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 433,457 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $30,099,000 after buying an additional 42,726 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP raised its position in shares of Aptiv by 23.1% in the first quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,394,019 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $166,241,000 after buying an additional 449,145 shares in the last quarter. 94.21% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Aptiv Trading Up 6.3%

Shares of APTV stock opened at $57.61 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $63.58 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $73.78. The company has a quick ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 2.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98. The company has a market capitalization of $12.19 billion, a PE ratio of 34.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.42. Aptiv has a 12-month low of $52.38 and a 12-month high of $88.93.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The auto parts company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $5.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.03 billion. Aptiv had a net margin of 1.77% and a return on equity of 17.83%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.69 earnings per share. Aptiv has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.700-6.100 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.300-1.500 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Aptiv will post 6.39 earnings per share 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.