Xponance Inc. Has $560,000 Stake in Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST)

Xponance Inc. grew its position in Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST) by 15.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 20,421 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after buying an additional 2,755 shares during the quarter. Xponance Inc.’s holdings in Sensata Technologies were worth $560,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its position in shares of Sensata Technologies by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 9,722,999 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $348,666,000 after buying an additional 45,513 shares during the last quarter. Boston Partners raised its stake in Sensata Technologies by 11.6% during the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 6,526,941 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $179,087,000 after acquiring an additional 677,316 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 0.4% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,470,903 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $196,187,000 after acquiring an additional 23,946 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its stake in shares of Sensata Technologies by 18.9% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,895,776 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $139,703,000 after purchasing an additional 618,202 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Sensata Technologies by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,520,062 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock valued at $90,393,000 after purchasing an additional 24,707 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.42% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently commented on ST shares. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Sensata Technologies from $38.00 to $37.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Oppenheimer reduced their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $44.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Evercore ISI dropped their target price on Sensata Technologies from $43.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price target on Sensata Technologies from $36.00 to $32.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report 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 issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $39.08.

Sensata Technologies Trading Up 0.1 %

NYSE:ST opened at $27.82 on Wednesday. Sensata Technologies Holding plc has a 52 week low of $24.91 and a 52 week high of $43.14. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $27.93 and its 200-day moving average is $30.83. The firm has a market cap of $4.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.12, a P/E/G ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.20. 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 (NYSE:ST) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 17.54% and a net margin of 3.27%. Equities 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 declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 12th were issued a dividend of $0.12 per share. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 12th. Sensata Technologies’s payout ratio is 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.