Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Buys 97,310 Shares of Aptiv PLC $APTV

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) by 664.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 111,962 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after acquiring an additional 97,310 shares during the quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. owned about 0.05% of Aptiv worth $8,232,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in APTV. Ameriprise Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Aptiv during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $297,917,000. Impax Asset Management Group plc boosted its position in shares of Aptiv by 54.5% during the 3rd 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. boosted its position in shares of Aptiv by 6,711.4% during the 2nd 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 boosted its position in shares of Aptiv by 155.8% during the 3rd 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 boosted its position in shares of Aptiv by 34.2% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 4,579,726 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $349,067,000 after acquiring an additional 1,167,946 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.21% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

APTV has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. HSBC cut their target price on shares of Aptiv from $81.32 to $75.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on shares of Aptiv from $105.00 to $74.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 2nd. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Aptiv from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Bank of America started coverage on shares of Aptiv in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Aptiv from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $71.00 price target on the stock in a report on Friday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have issued a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $84.15.

Aptiv Price Performance

Shares of NYSE APTV opened at $57.41 on Friday. Aptiv PLC has a twelve month low of $51.68 and a twelve month high of $88.93. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $61.46 and a 200 day simple moving average of $72.61. The company has a market capitalization of $12.15 billion, a PE ratio of 33.97, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 1.42. 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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.09. Aptiv had a net margin of 1.77% and a return on equity of 17.83%. The firm had revenue of $5.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.03 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.69 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Aptiv has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.700-6.100 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.300-1.500 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Aptiv PLC will post 6.41 EPS for the current year.

About Aptiv

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.