Aptiv PLC $APTV Shares Purchased by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) by 3,844.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 313,359 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after buying an additional 305,414 shares during the quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Aptiv were worth $27,018,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its stake in shares of Aptiv by 14,336.5% in the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 3,411,780 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $291,127,000 after purchasing an additional 3,388,147 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners purchased a new stake in Aptiv in the 2nd quarter valued at about $220,911,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Aptiv in the second quarter valued at about $187,652,000. Impax Asset Management Group plc boosted its stake in Aptiv by 54.5% during the third quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 4,523,145 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $389,986,000 after buying an additional 1,595,276 shares during the period. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. increased its position in shares of Aptiv by 6,711.4% during the second quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 1,434,076 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $97,833,000 after acquiring an additional 1,413,022 shares during the last quarter. 94.21% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Evercore upped their price objective on shares of Aptiv from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 24th. Fox Advisors upgraded Aptiv from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $110.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on Aptiv from $102.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $104.00 price objective on shares of Aptiv in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $84.00 target price on Aptiv and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. Fourteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $100.60.

Insider Activity

In other Aptiv news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 116,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,941,515. This trade represents a 4.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.45% of the company’s stock.

Aptiv Stock Up 1.3%

Aptiv stock opened at $83.88 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $17.85 billion, a PE ratio of 110.37, a P/E/G ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.51. 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 fifty day moving average is $80.05 and its two-hundred day moving average is $79.95. Aptiv PLC has a 1-year low of $47.19 and a 1-year high of $88.93.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 period last year, the company earned $1.75 EPS. Aptiv’s 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. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Aptiv PLC will post 7.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Aptiv

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.