HighTower Advisors LLC Has $32.55 Million Position in Aptiv PLC $APTV

HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) by 36.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 427,755 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after acquiring an additional 114,396 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC owned 0.20% of Aptiv worth $32,548,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of APTV. Ameriprise Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Aptiv during the third quarter worth $297,917,000. Impax Asset Management Group plc raised its stake in Aptiv by 54.5% during the third quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 4,523,145 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $389,986,000 after acquiring an additional 1,595,276 shares in the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. raised its stake in Aptiv by 6,711.4% during the second quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,434,076 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $97,833,000 after acquiring an additional 1,413,022 shares in the last quarter. Man Group plc raised its stake in Aptiv by 155.8% during the third quarter. Man Group plc now owns 2,045,025 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $176,322,000 after acquiring an additional 1,245,533 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB increased its stake in shares of Aptiv by 34.2% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 4,579,726 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $349,067,000 after buying an additional 1,167,946 shares in the last quarter. 94.21% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on APTV. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on Aptiv from $104.00 to $81.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. Barclays lowered their target price on Aptiv from $77.00 to $73.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on Aptiv from $84.00 to $74.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Citigroup lowered their target price on Aptiv from $92.33 to $77.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on Aptiv in a research note on Monday, April 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $74.00 target price for the company. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have given a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $84.15.

Aptiv Price Performance

Aptiv stock opened at $57.41 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $61.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is $72.61. The stock has a market cap of $12.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.97, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.42. Aptiv PLC has a 12-month low of $51.68 and a 12-month high of $88.93. The company has a quick ratio of 1.57, a current ratio of 2.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The auto parts company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $5.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.03 billion. Aptiv had a return on equity of 17.83% and a net margin of 1.77%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $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, research analysts anticipate that Aptiv PLC will post 6.41 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.