JPMorgan Chase & Co. Buys 205,718 Shares of Aptiv PLC $APTV

JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) by 9.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,371,789 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after acquiring an additional 205,718 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s holdings in Aptiv were worth $204,585,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of APTV. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Aptiv by 20.8% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 22,681 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $1,956,000 after purchasing an additional 3,899 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Aptiv by 3,844.1% during the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 313,359 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $27,018,000 after buying an additional 305,414 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in Aptiv by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 6,004 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $518,000 after buying an additional 193 shares during the period. Public Sector Pension Investment Board raised its stake in shares of Aptiv by 26.4% in the 3rd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 19,030 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $1,641,000 after buying an additional 3,972 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund lifted its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 22,055 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $1,902,000 after acquiring an additional 906 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 94.21% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other Aptiv news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total transaction of $425,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 116,959 shares in the company, valued at $9,941,515. The trade was a 4.10% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.45% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of Aptiv from $105.00 to $104.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Argus increased their target price on Aptiv from $78.00 to $99.00 in a report on Monday, November 10th. US Capital Advisors set a $110.00 price target on Aptiv in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Weiss Ratings cut Aptiv from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $84.00 price target on shares of Aptiv and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Fourteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Aptiv presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $100.60.

Aptiv Stock Performance

Shares of APTV stock opened at $79.54 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.23, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $80.08 and a 200-day moving average price of $80.06. Aptiv PLC has a 52 week low of $47.19 and a 52 week high of $88.93. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.92 billion, a PE ratio of 104.66, a P/E/G ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.51.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.04. Aptiv had a return on equity of 18.22% and a net margin of 0.81%.During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.75 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. Aptiv has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.550-1.750 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.750 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Aptiv PLC will post 7.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Aptiv 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.