Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST Shares Sold by Lecap Asset Management Ltd.

Key Points

• Lecap Asset Management Ltd. reduced its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 45.8%, now owning 21,573 shares worth approximately $650,000.
• Recent institutional activity includes Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increasing its stake by 61.4%, while Voya Investment Management LLC and Alps Advisors Inc. also raised their positions in the company.
• Sensata Technologies has a market cap of $4.47 billion and announced a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share, yielding 1.6%.

Lecap Asset Management Ltd. cut its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST - Free Report) by 45.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 21,573 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock after selling 18,196 shares during the quarter. Lecap Asset Management Ltd.'s holdings in Sensata Technologies were worth $650,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 61.4% in the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,036 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 394 shares during the last quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 2.9% in the 1st quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 18,675 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $453,000 after purchasing an additional 527 shares during the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 1.8% in the 1st quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 31,389 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $762,000 after purchasing an additional 566 shares during the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 5.1% in the 2nd quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 14,315 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $431,000 after purchasing an additional 690 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC lifted its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 6.1% during the first quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC now owns 13,724 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $333,000 after purchasing an additional 790 shares during the last quarter. 99.42% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Sensata Technologies

In other news, EVP Lynne J. Caljouw sold 2,576 shares of Sensata Technologies stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.98, for a total transaction of $82,380.48. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 77,185 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,468,376.30. The trade was a 3.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.89% of the company's stock.

Sensata Technologies Price Performance

Shares of ST opened at $30.67 on Friday. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has a 12 month low of $17.32 and a 12 month high of $36.64. 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 stock has a fifty day moving average price of $31.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $27.94. The company has a market cap of $4.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.89, a PEG ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.15.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $943.38 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 period last year, the business posted $0.93 earnings per share. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.810-0.87 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. will post 3.21 earnings per share for the current year.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 13th were given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 13th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. Sensata Technologies's dividend payout ratio is 64.00%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have issued reports on ST. 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. Truist Financial boosted their price target on Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $23.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Sensata Technologies from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, August 2nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $40.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $35.91.

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.

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