Sanctuary Advisors LLC Has $400,000 Stock Holdings in Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST)

Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its position in Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST) by 54.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 14,577 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,121 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in Sensata Technologies were worth $400,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ST. Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 738.7% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 931 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 820 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP raised its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 61.2% in the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 1,714 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $61,000 after acquiring an additional 651 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 19.0% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 2,602 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $93,000 after acquiring an additional 416 shares in the last quarter. R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Sensata Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $104,000. Finally, KBC Group NV grew its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 83.5% in the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 7,286 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $200,000 after purchasing an additional 3,315 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on ST shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $34.00 to $32.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. TD Cowen lowered their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $50.00 to $45.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $43.00 to $38.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $38.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $36.00 to $32.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $39.08.

Sensata Technologies Trading Down 5.3 %

ST stock opened at $27.32 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $27.95 and a 200 day moving average price of $31.94. Sensata Technologies Holding plc has a fifty-two week low of $24.91 and a fifty-two week high of $43.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.52, a P/E/G ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 2.85 and a quick ratio of 1.99.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.76. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 17.54% and a net margin of 3.27%. Analysts expect that Sensata Technologies Holding plc will post 3.21 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 12th were paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 12th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.76%. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 57.14%.

Sensata Technologies Company Profile

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.