Aptiv PLC $APTV Shares Sold by VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al cut its holdings in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) by 1.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 649,312 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after selling 12,000 shares during the quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al owned approximately 0.30% of Aptiv worth $49,406,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Seelaus Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Aptiv during the 4th quarter worth about $262,000. Versor Investments LP purchased a new position in Aptiv in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,036,000. Denali Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Aptiv by 261.0% during the fourth quarter. Denali Advisors LLC now owns 12,732 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $969,000 after purchasing an additional 9,205 shares during the period. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. raised its stake in shares of Aptiv by 36.2% during the fourth quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 90,674 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $6,899,000 after purchasing an additional 24,085 shares during the period. Finally, Ethic Inc. increased its stake in shares of Aptiv by 63.8% in the fourth quarter. Ethic Inc. now owns 46,411 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $3,531,000 after buying an additional 18,083 shares during the last quarter. 94.21% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Fox Advisors decreased their price objective on shares of Aptiv from $110.00 to $70.00 in a report on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Aptiv from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, February 7th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Aptiv from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Barclays cut their price objective on shares of Aptiv from $77.00 to $73.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group started coverage on shares of Aptiv in a research report on Monday, April 13th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $74.00 price target on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Aptiv currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $84.78.

Aptiv Price Performance

Shares of APTV opened at $54.91 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $11.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.49, a P/E/G ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.42. Aptiv PLC has a fifty-two week low of $52.38 and a fifty-two week high of $88.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 2.11 and a quick ratio of 1.57. The business’s 50-day moving average is $64.22 and its 200-day moving average is $74.20.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The auto parts company reported $1.71 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.62 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $5.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.03 billion. Aptiv had a return on equity of 17.83% and a net margin of 1.77%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.69 EPS. Aptiv has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.700-6.100 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.300-1.500 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Aptiv PLC will post 6.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.