Analysts Set Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) Target Price at $49.10

Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the ten ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have assigned a hold recommendation and four have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $49.10.

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. Wall Street Zen cut Sensata Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $55.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. Bank of America lifted their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Truist Financial upgraded Sensata Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $43.00 to $58.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $48.00 to $49.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, June 25th.

Sensata Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE ST opened at $42.82 on Monday. Sensata Technologies has a 12-month low of $28.16 and a 12-month high of $53.89. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 71.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a current ratio of 2.29, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $46.43 and a 200 day moving average of $42.57.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $990.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $970.39 million. Sensata Technologies had a net margin of 2.37% and a return on equity of 18.68%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.87 earnings per share. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.970 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Sensata Technologies will post 3.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Sensata Technologies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 12th. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 80.00%.

Institutional Trading of Sensata Technologies

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of ST. Medina Value Partners LLC purchased a new position in Sensata Technologies during the fourth quarter valued at $3,753,000. Strategic Global Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Sensata Technologies by 92.3% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Global Advisors LLC now owns 298,367 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $9,933,000 after purchasing an additional 143,227 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Edge Investment Partners Inc. purchased a new stake in Sensata Technologies in the 1st quarter worth $951,000. Handelsbanken Fonder AB boosted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 113.5% during the 4th quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 487,232 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $16,220,000 after purchasing an additional 258,997 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Convergence Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 247.0% during the 4th quarter. Convergence Investment Partners LLC now owns 40,440 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $1,346,000 after purchasing an additional 28,786 shares during the last quarter. 99.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.