Captrust Financial Advisors Purchases 1,264 Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST)

Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its position in Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST) by 21.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 7,146 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 1,264 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors’ holdings in Sensata Technologies were worth $256,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Capstone Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Sensata Technologies during the third quarter valued at approximately $237,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 0.6% during the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 385,305 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $13,817,000 after buying an additional 2,471 shares during the last quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund increased its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 3.6% during the third quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 164,700 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $5,906,000 after buying an additional 5,714 shares during the last quarter. Goodman Financial Corp increased its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 3.2% during the third quarter. Goodman Financial Corp now owns 322,379 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $11,561,000 after buying an additional 9,968 shares during the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC increased its holdings in Sensata Technologies by 18.9% during 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 during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Sensata Technologies Trading Down 0.3 %

ST stock opened at $30.37 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.54 billion, a PE ratio of -56.24, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.22. Sensata Technologies Holding plc has a 12 month low of $30.05 and a 12 month high of $43.14. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $33.28 and its 200 day moving average is $36.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 2.60 and a quick ratio of 1.76.

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.86. The company had revenue of $982.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $983.93 million. Sensata Technologies had a negative net margin of 1.98% and a positive return on equity of 17.68%. The firm’s revenue was down 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.91 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Sensata Technologies Holding plc will post 3.43 EPS for the current year.

Sensata Technologies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, November 13th. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -88.89%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Evercore ISI reduced their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $60.00 to $50.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of Sensata Technologies in a research note on Thursday, September 5th. They issued a “peer perform” rating for the company. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $40.00 to $36.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $38.00 to $33.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Oppenheimer dropped their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $47.00 to $44.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $41.00.

About Sensata Technologies

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.