Versor Investments LP Buys Shares of 29,255 Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST

Key Points

• Versor Investments LP acquired a new stake in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V., purchasing 29,255 shares valued at approximately $710,000 in the first quarter.
• Sensata Technologies reported a Q2 EPS of $0.87, surpassing analysts' expectations by $0.03, despite an 8.9% year-over-year revenue decline.
• The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, reflecting an annualized yield of 1.5% and a payout ratio of 64.00%.

Versor Investments LP bought a new stake in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 29,255 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock, valued at approximately $710,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Alps Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Sensata Technologies by 1.8% in the first quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 31,389 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $762,000 after acquiring an additional 566 shares during the period. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC grew its stake in Sensata Technologies by 6.1% in the first quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 13,724 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $333,000 after acquiring an additional 790 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in Sensata Technologies by 29.4% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 3,543 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $86,000 after acquiring an additional 806 shares during the period. Signaturefd LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 515.5% in the first quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,114 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 933 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blair William & Co. IL lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 5.1% in the first quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 19,927 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $484,000 after purchasing an additional 958 shares in the last quarter. 99.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently commented on ST. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $30.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Bank of America boosted their price target on Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. Truist Financial upped their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $23.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $41.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Sensata Technologies currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $34.64.

Sensata Technologies Price Performance

NYSE:ST traded down $0.3120 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $33.1180. 1,170,650 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,758,403. The company has a market capitalization of $4.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.16, a P/E/G ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.14. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has a 1-year low of $17.32 and a 1-year high of $39.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 2.71 and a quick ratio of 1.94. The business has a 50 day moving average of $31.08 and a 200 day moving average of $27.28.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $943.38 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $928.25 million. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 16.88% and a net margin of 2.97%.The firm's quarterly revenue was down 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.93 earnings per share. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.810-0.87 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. will post 3.21 EPS for the current year.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 27th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 13th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 13th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. Sensata Technologies's dividend payout ratio is currently 64.00%.

Sensata Technologies Company Profile

Sensata Technologies Holding plc develops, manufactures, and sells sensors and sensor-rich solutions, electrical protection components and systems, and other products used in mission-critical systems and applications in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Performance Sensing and Sensing Solutions.