Aptiv PLC (APTV): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.38M but it saw 1938825 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 18.33B USD, the company’s current market price of $68.97 came falling about -1.54 while comparing to the previous closing price of $70.05. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $99.31 and as low as $63.62. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $68.42 while lowest mark touched by it was $69.395.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Aptiv PLC (APTV) gives us an average price of $69.79, while its current price level is -30.55% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 8.41% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $69.67 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $76.21. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.38% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.79%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 46.00 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Wells Fargo upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Overweight” from “Equal Weight” on September 20, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $78-$87. Deutsche Bank issued its recommendations for the stock as it resumed the price target for the stock is $74.

Over the week, APTV’s stock price is moving -4.62% down while it is -0.71% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -23.13% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -27.07%.

Currently, Aptiv PLC’s total number of outstanding shares is 279.03M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 21.20% and return on equity (ROE) at 35.65%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 5.21 while having a 8.89 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.79. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.60 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.92. Its return on asset (ROA) is 15.75% on average.