Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST Shares Sold by First Trust Advisors LP

First Trust Advisors LP reduced its position in shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) by 90.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 19,962 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 180,871 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP’s holdings in Sensata Technologies were worth $703,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 10,289,698 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $342,544,000 after purchasing an additional 230,113 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 1.7% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 7,391,230 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $260,302,000 after buying an additional 125,127 shares during the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP increased its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 165.4% during the 3rd quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 4,975,745 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $152,009,000 after buying an additional 3,100,927 shares during the last quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC raised its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 28.7% during the 4th quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 4,313,603 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $143,600,000 after buying an additional 961,457 shares during the period. Finally, Pzena Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 380.4% during the 4th quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 3,509,416 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $116,828,000 after buying an additional 2,778,918 shares during the period. 99.42% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Sensata Technologies

In other news, EVP David K. Stott sold 6,335 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $47.40, for a total transaction of $300,279.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 39,687 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,881,163.80. This represents a 13.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.65% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings cut Sensata Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Truist Financial upgraded Sensata Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $43.00 to $58.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Bank of America raised their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $53.00 to $55.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $48.00 to $60.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $49.10.

Sensata Technologies Stock Up 1.0%

NYSE:ST opened at $46.24 on Wednesday. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has a 52 week low of $28.16 and a 52 week high of $53.89. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $47.41 and its two-hundred day moving average is $42.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 77.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a quick ratio of 1.58, a current ratio of 2.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83.

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

Sensata Technologies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 12th will be given a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 12th. Sensata Technologies’s payout ratio is currently 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.