Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) Receives $49.10 Consensus Price Target from Brokerages

Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the ten ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have assigned a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $49.10.

ST has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Sensata Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $55.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $48.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $53.00 to $55.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, August 3rd.

Sensata Technologies Price Performance

ST opened at $42.22 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $44.26 and its 200 day simple moving average is $43.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 2.29 and a quick ratio of 1.58. Sensata Technologies has a 1 year low of $28.16 and a 1 year high of $53.89. The firm has a market cap of $6.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 70.36, a PEG ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.25.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.98 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.05. Sensata Technologies had a net margin of 2.37% and a return on equity of 18.68%. The firm had revenue of $990.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $970.39 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.87 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.970 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Sensata Technologies will post 3.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 12th were issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, August 12th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. Sensata Technologies’s payout ratio is 80.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ST. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 1.1% in the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 10,402,517 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $366,376,000 after buying an additional 112,819 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in Sensata Technologies by 1.7% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 7,391,230 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $260,302,000 after buying an additional 125,127 shares during the period. Pzena Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 380.4% during the fourth quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 3,509,416 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $116,828,000 after buying an additional 2,778,918 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,693,488 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $89,685,000 after buying an additional 33,051 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Quantinno Capital Management LP raised its position in Sensata Technologies by 45.5% in the first quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 2,402,063 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $84,601,000 after acquiring an additional 750,646 shares during the period. 99.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Sensata Technologies Company Profile

Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE: ST) develops and manufactures sensing, electrical protection, and control technologies. Its products are designed to help customers monitor, manage, and protect equipment and systems across transportation, industrial, aerospace, energy, and other markets.

The company’s offerings include pressure, temperature, position, speed, and current sensors, as well as circuit breakers, contactors, controls, and other components used in vehicle systems, industrial machinery, heating and cooling equipment, appliances, and power-management applications.