Nothing is Better Than Aptiv PLC (APTV) stock at the moment

With 4.07 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 4.15 million shares. During the session, the Auto Parts company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $63.76 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $61.62. The 52-week range on APTV shows that it touched its highest point at $88.89 and its lowest point at $51.47 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $76.65. APTV paid its most recent dividend on 1580774400, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1580774400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.75.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of APTV was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.59%, but this was up by 3.84% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -9.73% while six-month performance fell -10.04%. The stock lost -28.02% in the past year, while it has gained 3.21% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for APTV yields 8.96 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.92. For the next quarter, that number is 1.65. This implies an EPS growth rate of 27.16% for this year and 12.05% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 18.29% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 20.89%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 234.99 million APTV shares are outstanding with a float of 233.44 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-01-15, short shares totaled 10.99 million, which was 468.0 higher than short shares on 1734048000. In addition to Mr. Kevin P. Clark as the firm’s President, Chairman & CEO, Mr. Joseph R. Massaro serves as its Vice Chairman of Engineered Components Group.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 1.09811 of APTV’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, APTV reported revenue of $4854000000.0 and operating income of $519000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $782000000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.48.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for APTV since 13 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With APTV analysts setting a high price target of 105.0 and a low target of 60.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 76.88286. Based on these targets, APTV could surge 68.22% to reach the target high and fall by -3.88% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 23.17% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $6.29005 being high and $6.08005 being low. For APTV, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.18005.

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