Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Key Points

• Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) has received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from 21 analysts, with the average target price set at $81.81.
• Recent analyst ratings include upgrades from Wall Street Zen and Wells Fargo, while Wolfe Research and Guggenheim have downgraded their ratings.
• Aptiv reported earnings of $2.12 per share for the last quarter, exceeding estimates, with a year-on-year revenue increase of 3.1%.

Shares of Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV - Get Free Report) have been given an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by the twenty-one brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $81.8125.

APTV has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wolfe Research lowered Aptiv from an "outperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 2nd. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Aptiv from $66.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Wall Street Zen raised Aptiv from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Aptiv from $86.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Guggenheim lowered Aptiv from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 4th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aptiv

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in APTV. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Aptiv by 241.9% during the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 333,200 shares of the auto parts company's stock valued at $20,152,000 after acquiring an additional 235,745 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Aptiv during the fourth quarter valued at $23,164,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its stake in shares of Aptiv by 102.1% during the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 533,917 shares of the auto parts company's stock valued at $32,291,000 after acquiring an additional 269,770 shares during the period. Benjamin Edwards Inc. lifted its stake in Aptiv by 14.5% in the fourth quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 17,647 shares of the auto parts company's stock valued at $1,067,000 after buying an additional 2,230 shares during the period. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG lifted its stake in Aptiv by 41.0% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 1,399,744 shares of the auto parts company's stock valued at $84,657,000 after buying an additional 407,180 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.21% of the company's stock.

Aptiv Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:APTV opened at $79.68 on Tuesday. The business's fifty day moving average price is $71.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $65.41. Aptiv has a fifty-two week low of $47.19 and a fifty-two week high of $81.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 1.76 and a quick ratio of 1.24.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The auto parts company reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.29. The firm had revenue of $5.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.02 billion. Aptiv had a return on equity of 18.46% and a net margin of 5.12%.The business's revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.58 earnings per share. Aptiv has set its FY 2025 guidance at 7.300-7.600 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 1.600-1.800 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Aptiv will post 7.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Aptiv

Aptiv PLC engages in design, manufacture, and sale of vehicle components in North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, South America, and internationally. The company provides electrical, electronic, and safety technology solutions to the automotive and commercial vehicle markets. It operates through two segments, Signal and Power Solutions, and Advanced Safety and User Experience.

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