Trustmark Bank Trust Department Takes $1.19 Million Position in Aptiv PLC $APTV

Trustmark Bank Trust Department purchased a new position in shares of Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 13,831 shares of the auto parts company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,193,000.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. True Wealth Design LLC raised its stake in shares of Aptiv by 31.5% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 522 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 125 shares in the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Aptiv by 2.3% during the third quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 6,776 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $584,000 after buying an additional 151 shares in the last quarter. CI Investments Inc. grew its holdings in Aptiv by 11.6% during the third quarter. CI Investments Inc. now owns 1,564 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $135,000 after acquiring an additional 163 shares during the period. Unified Investment Management raised its position in Aptiv by 1.5% in the third quarter. Unified Investment Management now owns 12,223 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $1,054,000 after acquiring an additional 178 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC raised its position in Aptiv by 18.5% in the second quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 1,148 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $78,000 after acquiring an additional 179 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.21% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Fox Advisors upgraded shares of Aptiv from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $110.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on shares of Aptiv from $103.00 to $106.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $104.00 target price on shares of Aptiv in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. BNP Paribas Exane raised their target price on shares of Aptiv from $100.00 to $107.00 in a report on Friday, November 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Aptiv from $104.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Fifteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Aptiv has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $100.19.

Insider Activity at Aptiv

In other news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of Aptiv stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total transaction of $425,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 116,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,941,515. The trade was a 4.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.45% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Aptiv Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of NYSE:APTV opened at $72.83 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $79.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $80.40. Aptiv PLC has a 52 week low of $47.19 and a 52 week high of $88.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a current ratio of 1.74. The company has a market cap of $15.49 billion, a PE ratio of 95.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.50.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 earnings per share 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%. The firm had revenue of $5.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.07 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.75 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, research analysts expect that Aptiv PLC will post 7.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting Aptiv

Here are the key news stories impacting Aptiv this week:

• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan raised its price target to $105 and kept an “overweight” rating, citing roughly a 45% upside versus recent levels — a clear bullish signal for investors. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wolfe Research upgraded Aptiv from “peer perform” to “outperform” with a $91 target (about 25% upside), adding momentum from another sell-side shop. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Aptiv announced a cash tender offer to purchase multiple outstanding senior notes via its subsidiary — a sign of active balance-sheet management that can reduce interest burden or optimize maturities. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: The Board approved the previously announced spin-off of Versigent, setting record and distribution dates — a key corporate-governance step that can unlock separate market value for the electrical distribution business. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and commentary continue to highlight Aptiv’s exposure to ADAS and smart architecture as reasons to hold the stock, supporting a constructive medium-term thesis. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Versigent subsidiaries priced an upsized $1.6B private offering of senior notes (2031 and 2034 maturities) to fund the separated business — important for the spin-off’s capital structure but not directly dilutive to post-spin Aptiv equity. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: The spin-off financing involves relatively high coupon notes (6.125% and 6.375%), which underline leverage and refinancing costs for the carved-out business — a potential overhang if market conditions worsen. Read More.

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.