Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) has been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the ten brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have assigned a hold recommendation and four have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $48.60.

Several brokerages have commented on ST. Bank of America increased their price target on Sensata Technologies from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $48.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Truist Financial raised shares of Sensata Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $43.00 to $58.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Sensata Technologies from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 30th. Finally, Barclays lowered shares of Sensata Technologies from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $49.00 to $53.00 in a research note on Friday, May 29th.

Sensata Technologies News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Sensata Technologies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Sensata reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of $0.98 per share, above the $0.93 analyst consensus and up from $0.87 a year earlier. Revenue rose 5% year over year to $990.6 million, exceeding the $970.8 million consensus estimate. Sensata: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
• Positive Sentiment: Improving customer inventory levels suggest demand conditions are becoming healthier, while management outlined a potential 1.5-to-2.5-times expansion in its serviceable addressable market for data-center applications, supporting longer-term growth expectations. Sensata Q3 outlook and data-center market expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts maintained a consensus “Hold” recommendation, indicating that the earnings beat and longer-term opportunities are balanced by valuation and execution risks. Analyst consensus recommendation
• Negative Sentiment: Third-quarter guidance calls for EPS of $0.93-$0.97, with the midpoint only modestly above the $0.95 consensus, and revenue of $957 million-$987 million. The lower end of the sales range is below expectations, which may have disappointed investors looking for a stronger outlook after the quarterly beat. Sensata second-quarter financial results

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP David K. Stott sold 6,335 shares of Sensata Technologies stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $47.40, for a total value of $300,279.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 39,687 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,881,163.80. The trade was a 13.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.65% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Sensata Technologies

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ST. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 18.3% during the second quarter. Wedge Capital Management L L P NC now owns 141,342 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $6,748,000 after buying an additional 21,881 shares during the last quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. bought a new stake in shares of Sensata Technologies in the second quarter valued at approximately $210,000. Legacy Wealth Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 3.1% in the second quarter. Legacy Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 16,131 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $770,000 after acquiring an additional 485 shares during the last quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 272.3% in the second quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 901 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 659 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 55 North Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in Sensata Technologies during the second quarter worth $255,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Sensata Technologies Stock Performance

ST opened at $46.02 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 1.95 and a current ratio of 2.75. The company has a market cap of $6.69 billion, a PE ratio of 148.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.27. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $47.92 and a 200-day moving average of $41.29. Sensata Technologies has a 52-week low of $28.16 and a 52-week high of $53.89.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.93 by $0.05. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 18.23% and a net margin of 1.28%.The business had revenue of $990.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $970.39 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.87 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.970 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Sensata Technologies will post 3.73 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 12th will be given a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 12th. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.