Mutual of America Capital Management LLC Has $2.17 Million Stake in Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST)

Mutual of America Capital Management LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST) by 3.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 79,008 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 2,579 shares during the period. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC owned about 0.05% of Sensata Technologies worth $2,165,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of ST. Merewether Investment Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Sensata Technologies during the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,446,000. FMR LLC boosted its position in Sensata Technologies by 18.9% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,895,776 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $139,703,000 after buying an additional 618,202 shares in the last quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P bought a new stake in Sensata Technologies during the third quarter worth about $9,791,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 66.7% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 660,568 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $23,688,000 after buying an additional 264,334 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 13.6% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,106,834 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $75,551,000 after acquiring an additional 252,061 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Sensata Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of ST stock opened at $28.70 on Friday. Sensata Technologies Holding plc has a one year low of $24.91 and a one year high of $43.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 2.85 and a quick ratio of 1.99. The stock has a market cap of $4.29 billion, a PE ratio of 34.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.20. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $27.95 and a 200-day moving average of $31.75.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 11th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.76. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 17.54% and a net margin of 3.27%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Sensata Technologies Holding plc will post 3.21 earnings per share for the current year.

Sensata Technologies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 12th were given a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, February 12th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.67%. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 57.14%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on ST shares. Oppenheimer dropped their price target on Sensata Technologies from $44.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Evercore ISI dropped their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $43.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target 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. Finally, UBS Group lowered their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $38.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $39.08.

Sensata Technologies 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.