Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) Plans Quarterly Dividend of $0.12

Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 11th will be given a dividend of 0.12 per share by the scientific and technical instruments company on Wednesday, February 25th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 11th.

Sensata Technologies has a dividend payout ratio of 13.7% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Research analysts expect Sensata Technologies to earn $3.49 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.48 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 13.8%.

Sensata Technologies Stock Performance

Sensata Technologies stock traded up $0.25 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $34.62. 400,642 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,250,313. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $33.83 and its two-hundred day moving average is $32.24. The company has a market capitalization of $5.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -173.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 1.15. Sensata Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $17.32 and a fifty-two week high of $36.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 2.91 and a quick ratio of 2.10.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 28th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $931.98 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $918.83 million. Sensata Technologies had a negative net margin of 0.71% and a positive return on equity of 17.22%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.86 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that Sensata Technologies will post 3.21 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.