Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST – Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the seven analysts that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have assigned a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $39.25.
A number of research firms recently issued reports on ST. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on Sensata Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, April 9th. They set a “hold” rating and a $40.00 price target on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “neutral” rating and set a $36.00 price target (down previously from $44.00) on shares of Sensata Technologies in a research note on Tuesday, April 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Sensata Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $37.00 to $34.00 in a research note on Monday, January 8th. Bank of America downgraded Sensata Technologies from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $46.00 to $38.00 in a research note on Wednesday, February 7th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised Sensata Technologies from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $50.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 30th.
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Institutional Trading of Sensata Technologies
Sensata Technologies Trading Up 0.1 %
ST opened at $33.51 on Friday. Sensata Technologies has a one year low of $30.56 and a one year high of $48.17. The company has a market cap of $5.04 billion, a P/E ratio of -670.07, a PEG ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 1.69 and a current ratio of 2.55. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $34.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $34.84.
Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.86 by ($0.05). The business had revenue of $992.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $978.05 million. Sensata Technologies had a negative net margin of 0.10% and a positive return on equity of 17.47%. The company’s revenue was down 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.96 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Sensata Technologies will post 3.74 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 14th were issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 13th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.43%. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is currently -959.81%.
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.
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