Board of the Pension Protection Fund Buys 7,800 Shares of Aptiv PLC $APTV

Board of the Pension Protection Fund boosted its position in shares of Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) by 72.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,500 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after buying an additional 7,800 shares during the quarter. Board of the Pension Protection Fund’s holdings in Aptiv were worth $1,408,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of APTV. Saranac Partners Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Aptiv in the third quarter valued at $25,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Aptiv by 452.3% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 486 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 398 shares during the period. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC bought a new position in Aptiv during the 3rd quarter valued at about $30,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in Aptiv during the 3rd quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP raised its position in Aptiv by 175.9% in the 2nd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 560 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 357 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 94.21% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have issued reports on APTV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on Aptiv from $104.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, March 6th. Wolfe Research upgraded Aptiv from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $91.00 price target on the stock in a report on Friday, March 6th. Zacks Research lowered Aptiv from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on Aptiv from $104.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $104.00 price objective on shares of Aptiv in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Sixteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $100.24.

Aptiv Price Performance

Shares of APTV stock opened at $69.10 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $14.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 90.92, a P/E/G ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.50. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $78.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $79.92. Aptiv PLC has a one year low of $47.19 and a one year 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.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 earnings per share 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%. The firm had revenue of $5.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.07 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.75 earnings per share. The company’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. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Aptiv PLC will post 7.2 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Aptiv

In other Aptiv news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total value of $425,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 116,959 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,941,515. This represents a 4.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.45% of the company’s stock.

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.