Jones Financial Companies Lllp Purchases 668 Shares of Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST)

Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its position in Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST) by 9.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,751 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 668 shares during the quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp’s holdings in Sensata Technologies were worth $212,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 19.0% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 2,602 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $93,000 after acquiring an additional 416 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 13.6% during the third 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 during the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 14.4% during the third quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 352,488 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $12,640,000 after acquiring an additional 44,401 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 12.9% during the third quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 9,635 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $346,000 after acquiring an additional 1,098 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Natixis Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 8.9% during the third quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 293,248 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $10,516,000 after acquiring an additional 23,874 shares during the last quarter. 99.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently commented on ST shares. Evercore ISI decreased their target price on Sensata Technologies from $43.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 17th. UBS Group decreased their target price on Sensata Technologies from $38.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on Sensata Technologies from $36.00 to $32.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Oppenheimer decreased their target price on Sensata Technologies from $44.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $39.08.

Sensata Technologies Trading Down 1.2 %

Shares of Sensata Technologies stock opened at $26.45 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 2.85. Sensata Technologies Holding plc has a 52 week low of $24.91 and a 52 week high of $43.14. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $27.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $31.46. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.96 billion, a PE ratio of 31.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.20.

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

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 12th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 12th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.81%. Sensata Technologies’s payout ratio is 57.14%.

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.