Texas Permanent School Fund Corp Increases Stock Position in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST

Texas Permanent School Fund Corp lifted its position in shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) by 57.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 131,644 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 47,801 shares during the period. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp’s holdings in Sensata Technologies were worth $3,964,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its position in Sensata Technologies by 446.2% during the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 994 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 812 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 61.4% in the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,036 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 394 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 244.4% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,178 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 836 shares during the period. Brooklyn Investment Group increased its position in Sensata Technologies by 1,575.0% during the 1st quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 1,273 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 1,197 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 33.2% in the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,566 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $77,000 after buying an additional 640 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on ST shares. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Sensata Technologies in a research report on Monday. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on Sensata Technologies from $40.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. Evercore ISI set a $32.00 price objective on Sensata Technologies in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Barclays initiated coverage on Sensata Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $43.00 target price for the company. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $36.10.

Insider Transactions at Sensata Technologies

In other Sensata Technologies news, EVP David K. Stott sold 839 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.80, for a total transaction of $25,841.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 35,444 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,091,675.20. This trade represents a 2.31% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Ali John Mirshekari sold 33,933 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $29.53, for a total transaction of $1,002,041.49. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 272,356 shares of company stock valued at $7,880,364. 0.89% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Sensata Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of ST stock opened at $33.22 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a current ratio of 2.91 and a quick ratio of 2.10. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $31.87 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $31.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.84 billion, a P/E ratio of -166.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.30 and a beta of 1.17. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has a 12 month low of $17.32 and a 12 month high of $36.25.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.04. Sensata Technologies had a positive return on equity of 17.22% and a negative net margin of 0.71%.The business had revenue of $931.98 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $918.83 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.86 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 5.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Sensata Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.830-0.870 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. will post 3.21 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Sensata Technologies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 12th were paid a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, November 12th. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is -240.00%.

About Sensata Technologies

Sensata Technologies Holding plc develops, manufactures, and sells sensors and sensor-rich solutions, electrical protection components and systems, and other products used in mission-critical systems and applications in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Performance Sensing and Sensing Solutions.