American Century Companies Inc. Increases Position in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST

Key Points

• American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in Sensata Technologies by 4.0% in Q1, now holding 1,236,587 shares valued at $30.01 million.
• Research analysts have raised price targets for Sensata Technologies, with Bank of America setting their target at $32.00 and Goldman Sachs at $30.00, resulting in a mix of ratings from Buy to Hold.
• Sensata Technologies announced a quarterly dividend of $0.12, representing an annual yield of 1.5%, with a payout ratio of 64% for shareholders of record.

American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST - Free Report) by 4.0% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,236,587 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after acquiring an additional 47,492 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. owned approximately 0.85% of Sensata Technologies worth $30,012,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of ST. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 19.4% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 326,180 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $8,937,000 after acquiring an additional 53,034 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Sensata Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $5,639,000. Barclays PLC grew its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 69.2% during the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 131,590 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $3,606,000 after purchasing an additional 53,831 shares in the last quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board acquired a new position in shares of Sensata Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $521,000. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 12.6% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 5,808,186 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $159,143,000 after purchasing an additional 648,028 shares in the last quarter. 99.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Sensata Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of ST stock traded down $0.3120 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $33.1180. 1,170,650 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,762,463. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $30.99 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $27.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.82 billion, a price-to-earnings 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 12-month low of $17.32 and a 12-month high of $39.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.94 and a current ratio of 2.71.

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

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 13th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 13th. Sensata Technologies's dividend payout ratio is presently 64.00%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on ST. Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $41.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $34.64.

About Sensata Technologies

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.