Bridgefront Capital LLC Takes Position in Aptiv PLC $APTV

Bridgefront Capital LLC acquired a new position in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 7,131 shares of the auto parts company’s stock, valued at approximately $615,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Aptiv in the third quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Aptiv during the third quarter worth $31,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Aptiv by 452.3% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 486 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 398 shares in the last quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Aptiv in the 3rd quarter valued at $43,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC raised its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 31.5% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 522 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $45,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.21% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total value of $425,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 116,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,941,515. This trade represents a 4.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.45% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently commented on APTV. Wolfe Research upgraded Aptiv from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $91.00 target price for the company in a report on Friday, March 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Aptiv from $104.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, March 6th. BNP Paribas Exane increased their price target on shares of Aptiv from $100.00 to $107.00 in a research report on Friday, November 21st. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of Aptiv from $102.00 to $106.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Aptiv from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Aptiv currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $100.24.

Aptiv Trading Up 0.5%

APTV opened at $70.42 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $78.98 and a 200 day moving average price of $80.18. 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 PLC has a 12 month low of $47.19 and a 12 month high of $88.93. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 92.65, a PEG ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.50.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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. The company had revenue of $5.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.07 billion. Aptiv had a return on equity of 18.22% and a net margin of 0.81%.Aptiv’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.75 EPS. Aptiv has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.550-1.750 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.750 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Aptiv PLC will post 7.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Aptiv Company 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.