Sensata Technologies Holding plc (NYSE:ST – Get Free Report) traded down 6% during trading on Tuesday after Oppenheimer lowered their price target on the stock from $47.00 to $44.00. Oppenheimer currently has an outperform rating on the stock. Sensata Technologies traded as low as $31.18 and last traded at $31.62. 332,004 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 82% from the average session volume of 1,853,095 shares. The stock had previously closed at $33.64.
ST has been the subject of several other reports. Evercore ISI dropped their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $60.00 to $50.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on Sensata Technologies from $41.00 to $39.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Sensata Technologies from $34.00 to $32.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Wolfe Research began coverage on Sensata Technologies in a report on Thursday, September 5th. They set a “peer perform” rating on the stock. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on Sensata Technologies from $43.00 to $38.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $40.80.
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Sensata Technologies Price Performance
The company has a quick ratio of 1.31, a current ratio of 1.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.06. The company’s fifty day moving average is $35.52 and its 200 day moving average is $37.68. The firm has a market cap of $4.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 789.45, a PEG ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.25.
Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 4th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.86. The company had revenue of $982.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $983.93 million. Sensata Technologies had a return on equity of 17.57% and a net margin of 0.21%. Sensata Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.91 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Sensata Technologies Holding plc will post 3.55 EPS for the current year.
Sensata Technologies Dividend Announcement
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 13th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 13th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.52%. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 1,200.30%.
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.
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