Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) Rating Lowered to Buy at Wall Street Zen

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) was downgraded by investment analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued to investors on Saturday.

APTV has been the topic of several other reports. Zacks Research cut Aptiv from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Argus lifted their price objective on Aptiv from $78.00 to $99.00 in a research note on Monday, November 10th. BNP Paribas Exane upped their price objective on Aptiv from $100.00 to $107.00 in a report on Friday, November 21st. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Aptiv from $99.00 to $102.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, UBS Group set a $89.00 price target on shares of Aptiv in a research report on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Aptiv has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $100.60.

Aptiv Stock Up 3.4%

NYSE APTV opened at $82.44 on Friday. Aptiv has a 12 month low of $47.19 and a 12 month high of $88.93. The company has a current ratio of 1.74, a quick ratio of 1.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79. The stock has a market cap of $17.81 billion, a PE ratio of 108.48, a P/E/G ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.51. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $78.95 and its 200 day moving average is $79.05.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.04. Aptiv had a net margin of 0.81% and a return on equity of 18.22%. The business had revenue of $5.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.07 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.75 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. Aptiv has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.550-1.750 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.750 EPS. Research analysts predict that Aptiv will post 7.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Aptiv news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total transaction of $425,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 116,959 shares in the company, valued at $9,941,515. The trade was a 4.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.45% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Aptiv

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of APTV. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Aptiv by 502.1% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 15,557 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $926,000 after purchasing an additional 12,973 shares during the period. Woodline Partners LP boosted its position in Aptiv by 439.2% in the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 76,109 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $4,528,000 after buying an additional 61,994 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its position in Aptiv by 110.7% in the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 9,511 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $566,000 after buying an additional 4,998 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Aptiv by 452.3% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 486 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 398 shares during the period. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its stake in shares of Aptiv by 35.5% during the second quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 6,949 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $474,000 after acquiring an additional 1,820 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.21% of the company’s stock.

About Aptiv

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.