Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Hits Expectations

Sensata Technologies (NYSE:ST) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76, Zacks reports. Sensata Technologies had a negative net margin of 1.98% and a positive return on equity of 17.68%. Sensata Technologies updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.700-0.730 EPS.

Sensata Technologies Trading Down 0.1 %

Sensata Technologies stock opened at $25.78 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.76, a current ratio of 2.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.08. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $28.23 and its 200 day moving average price is $32.75. Sensata Technologies has a 12-month low of $24.91 and a 12-month high of $43.14.

Sensata Technologies Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 12th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 12th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.86%. Sensata Technologies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -88.89%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently weighed in on ST. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on Sensata Technologies from $43.00 to $38.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Evercore ISI cut their price objective on Sensata Technologies from $43.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price objective 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. TD Cowen dropped their target price on shares of Sensata Technologies from $50.00 to $45.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their price target on shares of Sensata Technologies from $44.00 to $39.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $39.58.

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.