Aptiv PLC $APTV Shares Bought by Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund

Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund increased its stake in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) by 29.5% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 175,259 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after buying an additional 39,900 shares during the period. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund’s holdings in Aptiv were worth $13,335,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of APTV. Saranac Partners Ltd purchased a new position in Aptiv during the third quarter worth approximately $25,000. Larson Financial Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Aptiv by 240.0% during the 4th quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 357 shares of the auto parts company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 252 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Aptiv by 452.3% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 486 shares of the auto parts company’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 398 shares during the last quarter. Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Aptiv during the third quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, MUFG Securities EMEA plc purchased a new stake in Aptiv during the second quarter valued at about $44,000. 94.21% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on APTV. Wolfe Research raised Aptiv from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $91.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 6th. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Aptiv from $97.00 to $80.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 2nd. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Aptiv from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Aptiv from $81.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their price objective on shares of Aptiv from $93.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-one have issued a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $82.85.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Aptiv news, EVP Katherine H. Ramundo sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.30, for a total value of $156,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 163,752 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,821,781.60. This represents a 1.21% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.06% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Aptiv Stock Performance

Aptiv stock opened at $68.61 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.52 billion, a PE ratio of 40.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.45. Aptiv PLC has a one year low of $51.68 and a one year high of $88.93. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $60.79 and its 200 day moving average price is $71.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a current ratio of 2.11.

Aptiv (NYSE:APTV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The auto parts company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.62 by $0.09. Aptiv had a net margin of 1.77% and a return on equity of 17.83%. The company had revenue of $5.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.03 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.69 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. Aptiv has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.700-6.100 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.300-1.500 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Aptiv PLC will post 6.41 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.