Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. Grows Stock Position in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST

Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) by 2.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,088,253 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 27,716 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. owned about 0.74% of Sensata Technologies worth $26,412,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 3.2% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,017,354 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $364,471,000 after buying an additional 465,878 shares during the last quarter. Blair William & Co. IL raised its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 5.1% during the 1st quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 19,927 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $484,000 after buying an additional 958 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 34.8% during the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 5,433 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $132,000 after buying an additional 1,403 shares during the last quarter. Baker Avenue Asset Management LP purchased a new position in shares of Sensata Technologies during the 1st quarter valued at about $260,000. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Sensata Technologies during the 1st quarter valued at about $317,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on ST shares. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $23.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on Sensata Technologies from $27.00 to $30.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Sensata Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 2nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Sensata Technologies from $30.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 30th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $34.64.

Insider Buying and Selling at Sensata Technologies

In related news, Director Andrew C. Teich bought 9,925 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 23rd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $25.19 per share, for a total transaction of $250,010.75. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 41,117 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,035,737.23. This trade represents a 31.82% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.89% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Sensata Technologies Price Performance

NYSE:ST opened at $31.6850 on Thursday. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has a 12 month low of $17.32 and a 12 month high of $39.04. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $30.82 and a two-hundred day moving average of $27.11. The company has a current ratio of 2.71, a quick ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11. The firm has a market cap of $4.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.14.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.03. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 16.88% and a net margin of 2.97%.The company had revenue of $943.38 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $928.25 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.93 EPS. Sensata Technologies’s quarterly revenue was down 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. Sensata Technologies has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 0.810-0.87 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. will post 3.21 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, August 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 13th. Sensata Technologies’s payout ratio is currently 64.00%.

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.