Pacer Advisors Inc. Reduces Stock Position in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST

Pacer Advisors Inc. lessened its stake in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) by 94.5% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 17,401 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 300,546 shares during the period. Pacer Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Sensata Technologies were worth $613,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ST. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 700.0% during the 4th quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 832 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 728 shares during the period. Root Financial Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 62.5% in 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 purchasing an additional 351 shares during the period. EFG International AG acquired a new stake in Sensata Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $33,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in Sensata Technologies by 244.4% during the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,178 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 836 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC raised its stake in Sensata Technologies by 62.7% during the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,072 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 413 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP David K. Stott sold 6,335 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $47.40, for a total transaction of $300,279.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 39,687 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,881,163.80. The trade was a 13.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.65% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have weighed in on ST. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $57.00 target price on shares of Sensata Technologies in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on shares of Sensata Technologies from $48.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $48.00 to $49.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 25th. Wall Street Zen lowered Sensata Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, Bank of America raised their target price on Sensata Technologies from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 9th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $49.10.

Sensata Technologies Trading Down 1.8%

Shares of ST stock opened at $45.82 on Tuesday. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has a fifty-two week low of $28.16 and a fifty-two week high of $53.89. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $47.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $41.97. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 76.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a current ratio of 2.29.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.98 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $990.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $970.39 million. Sensata Technologies had a net margin of 2.37% and a return on equity of 18.68%. The firm’s revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.87 EPS. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.970 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. will post 3.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Sensata Technologies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 12th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 12th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 80.00%.

About Sensata Technologies

Sensata Technologies Holdings N.V. is a global industrial technology company specializing in the design, development and manufacture of sensors and electrical protection solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes pressure, temperature, position, speed, current and magnetic sensors, as well as circuit breakers and other protection devices. Sensata’s offerings serve a wide array of end markets, with a particularly strong presence in automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), industrial automation, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), commercial aerospace and renewable energy sectors.

Headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Sensata operates a network of manufacturing and engineering facilities across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.