Sensata Technologies Holdings PLC (ST)


November 5, 2024

ST: End Markets Get Tougher; Margins Still Improving

By Steven Fox

We are reducing our 2024/2025E EPS for Sensata (ST; $31.78; E/W) from $3.50/$3.60 to $3.42/$3.40 after the company produced a basically as expected set of Q3 results, albeit with Q4E guidance that was below our…

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October 28, 2024

ST: Some Wild Cards to Consider into Earnings

By Steven Fox

We assume Sensata’s (ST; $35.83; E/W) Q3 results and guidance are not too far off our forecasts when it reports next Monday (11/4 after market). Although after five consecutive quarters of cuts to our 2024E…

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September 4, 2024

ST: Finalizes Insights Divestiture Plans

By Steven Fox

Last night, Sensata (ST; $36.66; E/W) disclosed in an 8-K that it signed an agreement last month to divest its Insights business to private equity firm Balmoral Funds for $165mm in cash. Recall, this data…

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July 31, 2024

ST: Managing Through a Transition Period

By Steven Fox

We lower our 2024/2025E EPS for Sensata (ST; $38.12; E/W) from $3.75/$4.17 to $3.55/$3.80 after Q2 results that were in line with expectations and Q3E guidance was below our and Street forecasts, albeit with a…

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July 17, 2024

ST: More on the Agenda Than the Usual Quarterly Call?

By Steven Fox

The shares of Sensata (ST; $41.71; E/W) are still up 17% since announcing on 4/29 that it entered into Cooperation and Information Sharing Agreements with Elliott Investment Management and that CEO Jeff Cote would step…

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May 2, 2024

ST: Board Takes Some Serious Action

By Steven Fox

The shares of Sensata (ST; $39.40; E/W) are now up 10% since its Q1 EPS print on Monday night (4/29), when it disclosed that it entered Cooperation and Information Sharing Agreements with Elliott Investment Management,…

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February 6, 2024

ST: Reduce Rating to Equal-Weight

By Steven Fox

We are reducing our rating from Outperform to Equal-Weight on the shares of Sensata (ST; $33.06; E/W) after its latest in a series of disappointing financial updates. Admittedly, management’s latest Q4 EPS miss, and lower…

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February 6, 2024

ST: First Look at Q4 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Sensata (ST; $36.12; O/P) reported Q4 adjusted EPS of $0.82, which was below our $0.85 and the Street’s $0.86 on better-than-expected sales ($993mm vs. our $976mm and the Street’s $978mm), basically as expected operating profits…

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January 16, 2024

ST: CES Highlights Breadth of Electrification Opportunity

By Steven Fox

Last week, Sensata (ST; $34.26; O/P) highlighted its electrification portfolio at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which we think has not been the case in previous years, at least to this extent…

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October 31, 2023

ST: More Oversold and Underappreciated

By Steven Fox

The shares of Sensata (ST; $31.88; O/P) slumped another 7% today, bringing the stock to its lowest levels since 2012 excluding its initial plunge during the early days of COVID. The stock is also -23%…

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October 31, 2023

ST: First Look at Q3 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Sensata (ST; $34.10; O/P) reported Q3 adjusted EPS of $0.91, which was slightly ahead of our consensus matching $0.90 on basically as expected sales ($1,001mm vs. our $1,000mm and the Street’s $1,004mm). Recall, the company’s…

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September 29, 2023

ST: Driving Towards Another Electrification Inflection

By Steven Fox

The shares of Sensata (ST; $38.29; O/P) have reacted positively to Wednesday’s Investor Event in New York, rising ~6% since the meeting started, although this is still in the context of a recent ~20% decline…

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July 25, 2023

ST: Battling the Value Trap Perception

By Steven Fox

We again reduce 2023/2024E EPS for Sensata (ST; $42.55; O/P) from $3.90/$4.35 to $3.78/$4.23 as a slight Q2 EPS beat was joined by Q3E guidance below our thinking, albeit including a further YoY drag from…

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July 25, 2023

ST: First Look at Q2 Results and Outlook

By Steven Fox

Sensata (ST; $46.48; O/P) reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $0.97, which was ahead of our $0.94 and the Street’s $0.95 on better than expected sales ($1,062mm vs. our $1,025mm and the Street’s $1,031mm). Recall, the…

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July 17, 2023

ST: Attractive Risk/Reward into Earnings

By Steven Fox

We think the shares of Sensata (ST; $45.47; O/P) still look oversold to us ahead of its Q2 results and outlook on July 25th (after market). The stock is down 16% from its recent high…

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