Aptiv PLC $APTV Shares Sold by Applied Finance Capital Management LLC

Applied Finance Capital Management LLC reduced its holdings in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) by 16.1% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 294,697 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after selling 56,653 shares during the period. Aptiv makes up 1.8% of Applied Finance Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 17th largest holding. Applied Finance Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Aptiv were worth $25,408,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in APTV. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 17.5% in the third quarter. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 6,030 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $570,000 after buying an additional 900 shares in the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Aptiv by 8.5% during the 3rd quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 40,338 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $3,478,000 after acquiring an additional 3,163 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 22.5% in the 3rd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 6,952 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $596,000 after acquiring an additional 1,278 shares during the last quarter. RBA Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Aptiv during the third quarter worth $4,499,000. Finally, Guinness Atkinson Asset Management Inc acquired a new stake in shares of Aptiv during the third quarter worth $945,000. 94.21% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on APTV shares. Morgan Stanley set a $84.00 price target on Aptiv and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Aptiv from $99.00 to $102.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their target price on shares of Aptiv from $100.00 to $107.00 in a research report on Friday, November 21st. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Aptiv from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, US Capital Advisors set a $110.00 price target on shares of Aptiv in a research 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 given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Aptiv has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $100.60.

Insider Activity

In other Aptiv news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of Aptiv stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total transaction of $425,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 116,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,941,515. This trade represents a 4.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.45% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Aptiv Trading Up 1.3%

NYSE:APTV opened at $83.41 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $18.02 billion, a PE ratio of 109.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.51. Aptiv PLC has a fifty-two week low of $47.19 and a fifty-two week high of $88.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 1.74 and a quick ratio of 1.23. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $79.08 and its two-hundred day moving average is $79.25.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.04. Aptiv had a net margin of 0.81% and a return on equity of 18.22%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.75 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. 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, equities research analysts forecast that Aptiv PLC will post 7.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.