Financiere des Professionnels Fonds d investissement inc. bought a new position in shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 12,328 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock, valued at approximately $371,000.
Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ST. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its stake in Sensata Technologies by 14.6% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 8,964,077 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $217,559,000 after acquiring an additional 1,142,649 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in Sensata Technologies by 14.3% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,639,888 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $161,152,000 after acquiring an additional 831,702 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in Sensata Technologies by 24.7% in the first quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,782,600 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $67,534,000 after acquiring an additional 551,231 shares during the last quarter. Invenomic Capital Management LP increased its stake in Sensata Technologies by 51.7% in the first quarter. Invenomic Capital Management LP now owns 1,584,088 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $38,446,000 after acquiring an additional 539,908 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Sensata Technologies in the first quarter valued at approximately $12,141,000. 99.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Insider Buying and Selling at Sensata Technologies
In other news, EVP Lynne J. Caljouw sold 2,576 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.98, for a total transaction of $82,380.48. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 77,185 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,468,376.30. This represents a 3.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.89% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ST. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Sensata Technologies from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, August 2nd. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of 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. boosted their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $23.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. 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, Evercore ISI boosted their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock an "in-line" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $34.64.
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Sensata Technologies Trading Down 1.7%
ST traded down $0.55 during trading on Friday, reaching $31.30. 2,816,386 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,213,435. The company has a quick ratio of 1.94, a current ratio of 2.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.56 billion, a PE ratio of 41.73, a P/E/G ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.13. The stock's 50-day moving average is $31.72 and its 200 day moving average is $27.75. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has a 12 month low of $17.32 and a 12 month high of $37.40.
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 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $943.38 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $928.25 million. Sensata Technologies had a net margin of 2.97% and a return on equity of 16.88%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.93 earnings per share. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.810-0.87 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. will post 3.21 earnings per share for the current year.
Sensata Technologies Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 13th were issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 13th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. Sensata Technologies's dividend payout ratio is currently 64.00%.
About Sensata Technologies
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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.
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