Board of the Pension Protection Fund Increases Holdings in Aptiv PLC $APTV

Board of the Pension Protection Fund lifted its holdings in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) by 72.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,500 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,800 shares during the period. Board of the Pension Protection Fund’s holdings in Aptiv were worth $1,408,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in APTV. True Wealth Design LLC boosted its stake in Aptiv by 31.5% in the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 522 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $45,000 after purchasing an additional 125 shares during the period. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Aptiv by 2.3% during the third quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 6,776 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $584,000 after buying an additional 151 shares during the last quarter. CI Investments Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 11.6% in the third quarter. CI Investments Inc. now owns 1,564 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $135,000 after buying an additional 163 shares in the last quarter. Unified Investment Management lifted its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 1.5% in the third quarter. Unified Investment Management now owns 12,223 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $1,054,000 after buying an additional 178 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC boosted its position in shares of Aptiv by 18.5% during the second quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 1,148 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $78,000 after acquiring an additional 179 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.21% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have issued reports on the stock. Fox Advisors upgraded shares of Aptiv from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $110.00 price target on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on shares of Aptiv from $104.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Wolfe Research raised Aptiv from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $91.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, March 6th. Oppenheimer boosted their target price on Aptiv from $102.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Aptiv from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Sixteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Aptiv currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $100.24.

Aptiv Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:APTV opened at $69.10 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $78.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $79.92. Aptiv PLC has a 52 week low of $47.19 and a 52 week high of $88.93. The company has a quick ratio of 1.23, a current ratio of 1.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 90.92, a PEG ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.50.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last announced its earnings results on Monday, February 2nd. The auto parts company reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.04. Aptiv had a net margin of 0.81% and a return on equity of 18.22%. The firm had revenue of $5.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.07 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.75 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Aptiv has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.550-1.750 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.750 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Aptiv PLC will post 7.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Aptiv

In other Aptiv news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total transaction of $425,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 116,959 shares in the company, valued at $9,941,515. This represents a 4.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.45% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Aptiv

Aptiv plc is a global automotive technology company that develops safer, greener and more connected solutions for the mobility industry. The company designs and supplies advanced electrical architectures, electronic systems and software that enable vehicle connectivity, active safety, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving capabilities. Aptiv’s customers include major automakers and mobility service providers seeking to integrate higher levels of automation, electrification and software-defined features into production vehicles and mobility platforms.

Product and service offerings span vehicle electrical systems and wiring, connectors and harnesses, high-voltage electrification components, power electronics and charging solutions, sensors and compute platforms that support ADAS and autonomous functions, and the software and services required to integrate and manage these systems.