Aptiv (APTV)


November 8, 2024

APTV: Announces Intriguing CFO Change

By Steven Fox

Last night, Aptiv (APTV; $55.64; E/W) announced that Joe Massaro, who has served as CFO since 2016, would move into a senior operations role as Vice Chairman, Engineered Components Group (ECG; interconnect and cable management…

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November 1, 2024

APTV: Customer Concentration Bites

By Steven Fox

The shares of Aptiv (APTV; $56.83; E/W) plunged 18% yesterday, leaving the stock -37% YTD, after management reduced its 2024E outlook for production schedule reductions at a handful of key auto OEM customers, led mainly…

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October 8, 2024

APTV: Some Tech Roadmap Food For Thought

By Steven Fox

We assume Tesla’s (TSLA; $244.33; NR) robo-taxi launch on Thursday (10/10) raises questions around Aptiv’s (APTV; $69.62; E/W) ability to integrate cutting edge artificial intelligence (AI) into its advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) as well…

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September 30, 2024

APTV: Reducing Rating to Equal-Weight

By Steven Fox

We are reducing our rating on the shares of Aptiv (APTV; $72.01) from Outperform to Equal-Weight and cutting 2024/2025E EPS from $6.35/$7.70 to $6.10/$7.00 (vs. consensus of $6.24/$7.80) over our concerns that rising tariffs, particularly…

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August 2, 2024

APTV: Managing Further for Healthy EPS Growth

By Steven Fox

We bump up our 2024E EPS for Aptiv (APTV; $73.13; O/P) from $6.25 to $6.35 (+31% YoY) and our 2025E EPS from $7.50 to $7.70 (+21%) after Q2 results beat the Street and the company…

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August 1, 2024

APTV: First Look at Q2 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Aptiv (APTV; $69.39; O/P) reported adjusted Q2 EPS of $1.58, which was ahead of our $1.45 and the Street’s $1.42 despite lower-than-expected sales of $5,051mm (vs. our $5,325mm and the Street’s $5,305mm). As per the…

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July 19, 2024

APTV: Plenty of Investor Questions into Q2 Print

By Steven Fox

We think Aptiv (APTV; $67.92; O/P) faces an unusual number of longer-term questions from investors when it reports Q2 results and outlook on August 1st (before market), which are on top of ongoing debates around…

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June 26, 2024

APTV: Fundamental Concerns Reach New Heights

By Steven Fox

The shares of Aptiv (APTV; $66.02; O/P) have been extremely volatile YTD, including big swings between the mid-$80’s and a bottom ~$70, which was firmly punctured today on questions about the company’s software veracity (10-15%…

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May 2, 2024

APTV: Clearing Some Near-Term BEV Pain Points

By Steven Fox

We reiterate our Outperform and $100 target as we raise our 2024/2025E EPS for Aptiv (APTV; $77.79) from $5.80/$6.85 to $6.05/$7.70 after a solid Q1 beat as 2024E EPS guidance was revised favorably, mainly for…

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May 2, 2024

APTV: First Look at Q1 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Aptiv (APTV; $69.75; O/P) reported adjusted Q1 EPS of $1.16, which beat our consensus matching $1.02 on some lower-than-expected sales ($4,901mm vs. our $5,000mm and the Street’s $4,986mm). As per the table below, operating profits…

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April 22, 2024

APTV: Wondering What We Don’t Know

By Steven Fox

The shares of Aptiv (APTV; $69.75; O/P) are now down 22% YTD (vs. +4% for the S&P 500) as investor concerns with 2024E EPS guidance of $5.55-6.05 (+14-24% YoY) continue to mount to levels that…

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April 1, 2024

APTV: Signs Suggest Solid Navigation of Auto Cross Winds

By Steven Fox

The shares of Aptiv (APTV; $78.79; O/P) continue to languish despite solid support in recent weeks from a range of supply chain sources for the company’s 2024E financial targets, which include the potential for record…

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January 31, 2024

APTV: Targets Another Record Year; But Street is Disappointed?

By Steven Fox

We are very much surprised that Aptiv’s (APTV; $82.39; O/P) Q4 results and outlook did not dispel the excessive “hand wringing” weighing on the stock in recent months, especially at 14X our latest 2024E EPS,…

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January 31, 2024

APTV: First Look at Q4 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Aptiv (APTV; $86.72; O/P) reported adjusted Q4 EPS of $1.40, which beat our $1.34 and the Street’s $1.33 on sales of $4,919mm (vs. our $5,018mm and the Street’s $5,067mm). As per the table below, operating…

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January 16, 2024

APTV: CES Highlights Technology Breadth

By Steven Fox

Last week, we attended an Aptiv (APTV; $80.88; O/P) investor event at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas where we heard from CEO Kevin Clark, CTO Benjamin Lyon, plus Paul Miller, CTO for…

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