Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) Stock Has Average Price Target of $49.10

Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) have earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the ten analysts that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have assigned a hold recommendation and four have assigned 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 $48.80.

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $57.00 to $54.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 7th. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Sensata Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, September 20th. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $55.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 31st. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Sensata Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th.

Institutional Trading of Sensata Technologies

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of ST. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 272.3% in the 2nd quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 901 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 659 shares during the period. Root Financial Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 62.5% during the first quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 913 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 351 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 90.5% during the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,042 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $72,000 after buying an additional 970 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 48.2% in the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,187 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $77,000 after acquiring an additional 711 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC bought a new stake in shares of Sensata Technologies in the second quarter valued at about $168,000. Institutional investors own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Sensata Technologies Stock Performance

NYSE:ST opened at $42.02 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $43.07 and a 200 day moving average price of $44.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 70.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.25. Sensata Technologies has a 12-month low of $28.16 and a 12-month high of $53.89. The company has a current ratio of 2.29, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.98 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.93 by $0.05. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 18.68% and a net margin of 2.37%. The company had revenue of $990.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $970.39 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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. Equities research analysts forecast that Sensata Technologies will post 3.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 12th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, August 12th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 80.00%.

About Sensata Technologies

Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE: ST) is an industrial technology company that develops and manufactures sensors, electrical protection components and control systems. Its products are designed to measure and manage conditions such as pressure, temperature, position, speed, force, current and fluid levels, helping equipment operate safely and efficiently.

The company serves a range of end markets, including automotive, commercial and off-highway vehicles, aerospace, industrial equipment, heating and air-conditioning systems, and energy management.