Advisors Preferred LLC Buys Shares of 38,740 Aptiv PLC $APTV

Advisors Preferred LLC purchased a new position in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 38,740 shares of the auto parts company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,374,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Citigroup Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Aptiv by 41.4% during the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 893,412 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $77,030,000 after buying an additional 261,680 shares during the period. Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Aptiv during the third quarter valued at $1,167,000. Raiffeisen Bank International AG grew its stake in Aptiv by 2.8% in the third quarter. Raiffeisen Bank International AG now owns 116,392 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $9,983,000 after purchasing an additional 3,180 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its position in Aptiv by 60.2% in the 3rd quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 5,112 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $441,000 after purchasing an additional 1,920 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clear Creek Financial Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Aptiv during the 3rd quarter worth about $211,000. 94.21% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,941,515. The trade was a 4.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.45% of the company’s stock.

Aptiv Stock Down 1.1%

Aptiv stock opened at $79.54 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $16.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 104.66, a P/E/G ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.51. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $80.08 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $80.16. Aptiv PLC has a fifty-two week low of $47.19 and a fifty-two week high of $88.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 1.74 and a quick ratio of 1.23.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.82 by $0.04. Aptiv had a return on equity of 18.22% and a net margin of 0.81%.During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.75 EPS. The firm’s quarterly 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. As a group, analysts forecast that Aptiv PLC will post 7.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

APTV has been the subject of several recent research reports. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on Aptiv from $103.00 to $106.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Aptiv from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday. US Capital Advisors set a $110.00 price target on shares of Aptiv in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on shares of Aptiv from $107.00 to $108.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $104.00 target price on shares of Aptiv in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Fourteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $100.60.

Aptiv Profile

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.