Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) was downgraded by research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued on Saturday.

Several other equities analysts have also commented on APTV. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on Aptiv from $103.00 to $106.00 in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Oppenheimer lifted their price target on shares of Aptiv from $102.00 to $106.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Aptiv from $99.00 to $102.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Aptiv from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Fox Advisors upgraded shares of Aptiv from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $110.00 target price for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $100.60.

Aptiv Stock Performance

Aptiv stock opened at $82.44 on Friday. Aptiv has a fifty-two week low of $47.19 and a fifty-two week high of $88.93. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $78.95 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $79.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a current ratio of 1.74. The stock has a market cap of $17.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 108.48, a PEG ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.51.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last announced its earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.04. Aptiv had a return on equity of 18.22% and a net margin of 0.81%.The firm had revenue of $5.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.07 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.75 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Aptiv has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.550-1.750 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.750 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Aptiv will post 7.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Aptiv

In related news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total value of $425,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 116,959 shares in the company, valued at $9,941,515. The trade was a 4.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.45% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Aptiv

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 1.2% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 9,754,226 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $665,433,000 after purchasing an additional 111,506 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its position in Aptiv by 34.2% in the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 4,579,726 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $349,067,000 after buying an additional 1,167,946 shares during the last quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc lifted its stake in Aptiv by 54.5% during the 3rd quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 4,523,145 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $389,986,000 after acquiring an additional 1,595,276 shares during the period. Boston Partners lifted its stake in Aptiv by 29.2% during the 3rd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,194,909 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $361,385,000 after acquiring an additional 948,327 shares during the period. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 9.0% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 3,831,441 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $261,381,000 after acquiring an additional 315,824 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.21% of the company’s stock.

Aptiv Company Profile

Aptiv plc is a global automotive technology company that develops safer, greener and more connected solutions for the mobility industry. The company designs and supplies advanced electrical architectures, electronic systems and software that enable vehicle connectivity, active safety, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving capabilities. Aptiv’s customers include major automakers and mobility service providers seeking to integrate higher levels of automation, electrification and software-defined features into production vehicles and mobility platforms.

Product and service offerings span vehicle electrical systems and wiring, connectors and harnesses, high-voltage electrification components, power electronics and charging solutions, sensors and compute platforms that support ADAS and autonomous functions, and the software and services required to integrate and manage these systems.