Foster & Motley Inc. Purchases Shares of 58,152 Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST

Foster & Motley Inc. purchased a new stake in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 58,152 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,776,000.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Medina Value Partners LLC acquired a new position in Sensata Technologies in the 4th quarter worth $3,753,000. Strategic Global Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 92.3% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Global Advisors LLC now owns 298,367 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $9,933,000 after purchasing an additional 143,227 shares during the period. Hudson Edge Investment Partners Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Sensata Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at about $951,000. Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 113.5% in the fourth quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 487,232 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $16,220,000 after purchasing an additional 258,997 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Intech Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Sensata Technologies in the fourth quarter valued at about $4,379,000. Institutional investors own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Sensata Technologies Trading Down 6.0%

Shares of NYSE:ST opened at $43.18 on Wednesday. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has a 52-week low of $28.16 and a 52-week high of $53.89. The company has a market capitalization of $6.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 71.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $46.83 and a 200 day simple moving average of $42.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a current ratio of 2.29.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.93 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $990.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $970.39 million. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 18.68% and a net margin of 2.37%.The business’s revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.87 earnings per share. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.970 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. will post 3.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 12th. Sensata Technologies’s payout ratio is currently 80.00%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Truist Financial raised 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 research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on Sensata Technologies from $48.00 to $49.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 25th. Oppenheimer upped their price target on Sensata Technologies from $55.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Sensata Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $49.10.

Sensata Technologies Company Profile

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.