Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) have received an average rating of “Hold” from the eleven brokerages that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $36.10.

A number of brokerages have recently commented on ST. Evercore ISI set a $32.00 target price on shares of Sensata Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Sensata Technologies in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $43.00 target price on shares of Sensata Technologies in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on Sensata Technologies from $40.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 29th.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP David K. Stott sold 839 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.80, for a total value of $25,841.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 35,444 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,091,675.20. The trade was a 2.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Ali John Mirshekari sold 33,933 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.53, for a total value of $1,002,041.49. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 272,356 shares of company stock worth $7,880,364. 0.89% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in ST. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its stake in Sensata Technologies by 61.4% in the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,036 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 394 shares during the last quarter. State of Wyoming grew its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 115.1% in the 1st quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 3,796 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $92,000 after buying an additional 2,031 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Sensata Technologies in the 1st quarter worth approximately $323,000. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 69.8% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 526,907 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $12,630,000 after acquiring an additional 216,668 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its position in Sensata Technologies by 2.9% during the first quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,085,573 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $26,347,000 after acquiring an additional 30,833 shares during the last quarter. 99.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Sensata Technologies Stock Performance

ST stock opened at $35.28 on Friday. Sensata Technologies has a twelve month low of $17.32 and a twelve month high of $36.25. The firm has a market cap of $5.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -176.39, a PEG ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.15. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $32.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $31.84. The company has a quick ratio of 2.10, a current ratio of 2.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.04. Sensata Technologies had a negative net margin of 0.71% and a positive return on equity of 17.22%. The firm had revenue of $931.98 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $918.83 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.86 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. Sensata Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.830-0.870 EPS. Analysts predict that Sensata Technologies will post 3.21 earnings per share for the current year.

Sensata Technologies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 12th were issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, November 12th. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is presently -240.00%.

Sensata Technologies Company Profile

Sensata Technologies Holdings N.V. is a global industrial technology company specializing in the design, development and manufacture of sensors and electrical protection solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes pressure, temperature, position, speed, current and magnetic sensors, as well as circuit breakers and other protection devices. Sensata’s offerings serve a wide array of end markets, with a particularly strong presence in automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), industrial automation, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), commercial aerospace and renewable energy sectors.

Headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Sensata operates a network of manufacturing and engineering facilities across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.