Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Purchases 831,702 Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST

Key Points

• Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in Sensata Technologies by 14.3% in the first quarter, now owning approximately 4.54% of the company valued at $161 million.
• Multiple analysts have raised their price targets for Sensata Technologies, with a consensus target of $34.64 and a current average rating of "Hold."
• Sensata Technologies reported earnings of $0.87 per share for the last quarter, exceeding estimates, but noted an 8.9% decline in year-over-year revenue.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST - Free Report) by 14.3% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 6,639,888 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after purchasing an additional 831,702 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned approximately 4.54% of Sensata Technologies worth $161,152,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 0.5% in the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 344,296 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $8,356,000 after acquiring an additional 1,578 shares during the last quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. increased its stake in Sensata Technologies by 184.8% during the first quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 49,447 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $1,200,000 after acquiring an additional 32,084 shares during the period. Brown Advisory Inc. increased its stake in Sensata Technologies by 3.1% during the first quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 1,396,402 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $33,891,000 after acquiring an additional 42,423 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 19.4% in the 4th 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. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 122.8% in the 1st quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 4,254 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $103,000 after acquiring an additional 2,345 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.42% of the company's stock.

Sensata Technologies Trading Down 0.9%

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

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST - Get Free Report) last posted 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 the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.03. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 16.88% and a net margin of 2.97%.The business had revenue of $943.38 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $928.25 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.93 EPS. The firm's revenue was down 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.810-0.87 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. will post 3.21 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Sensata Technologies Dividend Announcement

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently commented on the company. Truist Financial upped their target price 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. increased their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $23.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock an "in-line" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Bank of America raised their price target 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. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Sensata Technologies from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, August 2nd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $34.64.

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.