16,466 Shares in Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. $ST Purchased by Foster & Motley Inc.

Foster & Motley Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE:ST) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 16,466 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock, valued at approximately $548,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of ST. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 659.7% in the third quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 904 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 785 shares in the last quarter. First Horizon Corp bought a new stake in shares of Sensata Technologies during the third quarter valued at approximately $29,000. True Wealth Design LLC raised its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 62.6% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 1,135 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 437 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 244.4% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,178 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 836 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its position in Sensata Technologies by 15,787.5% in the 3rd quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 1,271 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 1,263 shares in the last quarter. 99.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ST has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Barclays lifted their target price on Sensata Technologies from $40.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Truist Financial upped their price target on Sensata Technologies from $35.00 to $38.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 20th. Bank of America increased their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Sensata Technologies from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Oppenheimer boosted their target price on Sensata Technologies from $43.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $40.20.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Lynne J. Caljouw sold 2,496 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $37.53, for a total transaction of $93,674.88. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 64,040 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,403,421.20. The trade was a 3.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.89% of the company’s stock.

Sensata Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of ST opened at $35.22 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 2.57 and a quick ratio of 1.78. Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. has a one year low of $17.32 and a one year high of $39.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 185.37, a PEG ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.13. The business has a fifty day moving average of $35.49 and a 200 day moving average of $33.44.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last posted its earnings results on Saturday, February 14th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $917.88 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $911.03 million. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 17.92% and a net margin of 0.83%.Sensata Technologies’s revenue was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.76 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. will post 3.21 EPS for the current year.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 11th were issued a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 11th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 252.63%.

About Sensata Technologies

Sensata Technologies Holdings N.V. is a global industrial technology company specializing in the design, development and manufacture of sensors and electrical protection solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes pressure, temperature, position, speed, current and magnetic sensors, as well as circuit breakers and other protection devices. Sensata’s offerings serve a wide array of end markets, with a particularly strong presence in automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), industrial automation, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), commercial aerospace and renewable energy sectors.

Headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Sensata operates a network of manufacturing and engineering facilities across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.