California State Teachers Retirement System Purchases 31,838 Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST

California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its position in shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) by 23.2% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 169,078 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 31,838 shares during the quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System’s holdings in Sensata Technologies were worth $5,955,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ST. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC lifted its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 700.0% during the fourth quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 832 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 728 shares during the last quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC boosted its position in Sensata Technologies by 62.5% during the first quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 913 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 351 shares during the period. EFG International AG purchased a new position in shares of Sensata Technologies in the fourth quarter worth about $33,000. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 244.4% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,178 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 836 shares during the period. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 62.7% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,072 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently commented on ST shares. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $53.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday. Truist Financial raised shares of Sensata Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $43.00 to $58.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Bank of America increased their target price on Sensata Technologies from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $57.00 price target on shares of Sensata Technologies in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on 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 issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $49.10.

Insider Activity at Sensata Technologies

In other news, EVP David K. Stott sold 6,335 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were 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 in the company, 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 Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.65% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Sensata Technologies Trading Down 2.1%

Shares of Sensata Technologies stock opened at $47.63 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $47.76 and its 200-day moving average price is $41.72. The company has a current ratio of 2.29, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has a 12-month low of $28.16 and a 12-month high of $53.89. The company has a market cap of $6.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 79.39, a PEG ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.27.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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%. Sensata Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.87 earnings per share. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.930-0.970 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. will post 3.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

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 issued 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 dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 80.00%.

Sensata Technologies Company Profile

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.