Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST – Get Free Report) have earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the eleven analysts that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $47.70.
A number of brokerages have commented on ST. Bank of America raised their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $39.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Sensata Technologies in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Wall Street Zen cut Sensata Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, Oppenheimer raised their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $50.00 to $55.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th.
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Insider Buying and Selling
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 2.4% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,997,522 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $458,174,000 after purchasing an additional 346,547 shares in the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 1.1% in the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 10,402,517 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $366,376,000 after purchasing an additional 112,819 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 1.7% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 7,391,230 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $260,302,000 after purchasing an additional 125,127 shares in the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 165.4% in the third quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 4,975,745 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $152,009,000 after purchasing an additional 3,100,927 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 28.7% in the fourth quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 4,313,603 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $143,600,000 after purchasing an additional 961,457 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.42% of the company’s stock.
Sensata Technologies Trading Down 0.8%
NYSE ST opened at $49.78 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $43.70 and a 200 day simple moving average of $37.83. Sensata Technologies has a one year low of $26.95 and a one year high of $53.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 160.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 2.75 and a quick ratio of 1.95.
Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, March 31st. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 18.23% and a net margin of 1.28%.The business had revenue of $934.80 million during the quarter. Research analysts expect that Sensata Technologies will post 3.73 earnings per share for the current year.
Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 13th were paid a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, May 13th. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 154.84%.
About Sensata Technologies
Sensata Technologies Holdings N.V. is a global industrial technology company specializing in the design, development and manufacture of sensors and electrical protection solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes pressure, temperature, position, speed, current and magnetic sensors, as well as circuit breakers and other protection devices. Sensata’s offerings serve a wide array of end markets, with a particularly strong presence in automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), industrial automation, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), commercial aerospace and renewable energy sectors.
Headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Sensata operates a network of manufacturing and engineering facilities across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.
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