Danske Bank A S Makes New $47.72 Million Investment in Aptiv PLC $APTV

Danske Bank A S purchased a new stake in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 553,430 shares of the auto parts company’s stock, valued at approximately $47,717,000. Danske Bank A S owned about 0.26% of Aptiv as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Truist Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 1,036.0% in the third quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 396,443 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $34,181,000 after acquiring an additional 361,546 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Aptiv during the second quarter worth $187,652,000. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund increased its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 1,259.2% during the third quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund now owns 135,359 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $11,671,000 after buying an additional 125,400 shares in the last quarter. Allstate Corp bought a new position in shares of Aptiv in the 3rd quarter valued at $704,000. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 14,336.5% during the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 3,411,780 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $291,127,000 after acquiring an additional 3,388,147 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.21% of the company’s stock.

Aptiv Stock Down 2.6%

APTV stock opened at $70.17 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $78.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $80.00. The company has a market cap of $14.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 92.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 1.23 and a current ratio of 1.74. Aptiv PLC has a fifty-two week low of $47.19 and a fifty-two week high of $88.93.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.04. Aptiv had a return on equity of 18.22% and a net margin of 0.81%.The firm had revenue of $5.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.07 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.75 earnings per share. The company’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. On average, research analysts expect that Aptiv PLC will post 7.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price objective on Aptiv from $100.00 to $107.00 in a research report on Friday, November 21st. Fox Advisors raised Aptiv from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $110.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Wolfe Research upgraded Aptiv from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $91.00 price target on the stock in a report on Friday, March 6th. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on Aptiv from $102.00 to $106.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of Aptiv from $104.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Sixteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Aptiv has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $100.24.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Aptiv news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of the company’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 approximately $9,941,515. This represents a 4.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.45% 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.