Sensata Technologies Holding plc (ST) Key Metrics

NYSE: STValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

ST valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$5.91B
Enterprise value
$8.08B
P/E (TTM)
67.6
10-yr median 27.0
Forward P/E
10.3
PEG ratio
0.22
Price / sales
1.6
10-yr median 2.1
Price / book
2.0
10-yr median 3.0
EV / EBITDA
14.6
10-yr median 13.8
Dividend yield
1.18%
$0.48 a year
Beta
1.24

ST key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

ST valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

P/E ratio+386.7%
156.5
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 25.4 (+12.0%)2017: 21.5 (−15.3%)2018: 12.7 (−41.0%)2019: 30.9 (+142.7%)2020: 50.8 (+64.5%)2021: 27.0 (−46.7%)2022: 20.3 (−25.1%)2024: 32.12025: 156.5 (+386.7%)
20162025
Price / sales+25.9%
1.3
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 2.1 (−23.9%)2017: 2.7 (+26.9%)2018: 2.2 (−18.3%)2019: 2.5 (+17.2%)2020: 2.7 (+7.9%)2021: 2.6 (−6.1%)2022: 1.5 (−40.1%)2023: 1.4 (−8.8%)2024: 1.0 (−25.5%)2025: 1.3 (+25.9%)
20162025
Price / book+23.0%
1.8
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 3.4 (−27.4%)2017: 3.8 (+9.1%)2018: 2.9 (−22.2%)2019: 3.4 (+16.1%)2020: 3.1 (−9.1%)2021: 3.2 (+3.1%)2022: 2.0 (−36.3%)2023: 1.9 (−5.8%)2024: 1.4 (−25.1%)2025: 1.8 (+23.0%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA−7.9%
13.7
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 12.1 (−32.5%)2017: 13.4 (+11.0%)2018: 11.0 (−18.1%)2019: 13.9 (+27.1%)2020: 17.8 (+27.4%)2021: 14.6 (−18.0%)2022: 10.9 (−25.0%)2023: 47.6 (+335.8%)2024: 14.9 (−68.8%)2025: 13.7 (−7.9%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow−5.0%
10.0
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 17.1 (−23.1%)2017: 21.3 (+24.8%)2018: 16.5 (−22.4%)2019: 19.0 (+15.2%)2020: 18.4 (−3.3%)2021: 24.0 (+30.3%)2022: 20.3 (−15.5%)2023: 21.0 (+3.6%)2024: 10.5 (−50.0%)2025: 10.0 (−5.0%)
20162025
Free cash flow yield+0.5 pts
10.0%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 5.9% (+1.4 pts)2017: 4.7% (−1.2 pts)2018: 6.0% (+1.4 pts)2019: 5.3% (−0.8 pts)2020: 5.4% (+0.2 pts)2021: 4.2% (−1.3 pts)2022: 4.9% (+0.8 pts)2023: 4.8% (−0.2 pts)2024: 9.5% (+4.8 pts)2025: 10.0% (+0.5 pts)
20162025

ST valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

ST returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

ST debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

ST cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

ST price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

ST key metrics

2016–2025
Sensata Technologies Holding plc key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$4.90B$4.13B$5.71B$6.30B$9.83B$8.34B$8.73B$7.62B$8.80B$6.68B
Enterprise value$7.25B$6.79B$8.65B$9.35B$12.42B$10.53B$11.26B$10.15B$11.32B$9.60B
P/E ratio156.532.1—20.327.050.830.912.721.525.4
Price / sales1.31.01.41.52.62.72.52.22.72.1
Price / book1.81.41.92.03.23.13.42.93.83.4
Price / free cash flow10.010.521.020.324.018.419.016.521.317.1
Price / operating cash flow7.97.512.513.717.714.914.112.315.812.8
EV / sales2.01.72.12.33.33.53.32.93.43.0
EV / EBITDA13.714.947.610.914.617.813.911.013.412.1
EV / free cash flow14.817.331.830.130.323.224.622.027.424.5
Earnings yield0.6%3.1%−0.1%4.9%3.7%2.0%3.2%7.9%4.6%3.9%
Free cash flow yield10.0%9.5%4.8%4.9%4.2%5.4%5.3%6.0%4.7%5.9%
Dividend yield1.4%1.7%1.3%0.8%0.3%0.2%0.2%—0.0%0.0%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)4.0%3.7%3.0%5.5%0.8%0.6%4.3%5.3%0.0%0.1%
Share price at fiscal year-end$33.29$27.40$37.57$40.38$61.69$52.74$53.87$44.84$51.11$38.95
Per share
Revenue per share$25.18$26.11$26.66$26.14$23.92$19.19$21.14$20.63$19.21$18.57
Earnings per share$0.21$0.85−$0.03$1.99$2.28$1.04$1.75$3.53$2.37$1.53
Operating cash flow per share$4.23$3.66$3.00$2.95$3.48$3.54$3.83$3.65$3.24$3.04
Free cash flow per share$3.33$2.61$1.79$1.99$2.57$2.87$2.83$2.71$2.40$2.28
Cash per share$3.90$3.94$3.34$7.86$10.72$11.77$4.78$4.30$4.37$2.05
Book value per share$18.94$19.18$19.70$19.95$19.42$17.11$15.89$15.36$13.62$11.33
Tangible book value per share−$5.33−$6.54−$9.40−$11.54−$8.50−$6.94−$7.97−$8.07−$9.18−$12.47
Dividends per share$0.48$0.48$0.47$0.33$0.16$0.10$0.09—$0.00$0.00
Capex per share$0.89$1.05$1.21$0.96$0.91$0.67$1.00$0.94$0.84$0.76
Debt per share$19.87$21.61$22.62$27.47$26.95$25.63$20.45$19.22$18.99$19.09
Shares outstanding147.1M150.7M152.1M155.9M159.4M158.1M162.0M169.9M172.2M171.5M
Change in shares outstanding−2.4%−0.9%−2.5%−2.2%+0.8%−2.4%−4.6%−1.3%+0.4%−0.0%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)1.1%4.4%−0.1%10.0%12.5%6.2%10.9%24.2%19.0%14.5%
Return on invested capital (ROIC)4.8%5.9%1.5%8.5%10.2%7.4%8.3%13.0%12.1%8.3%
Return on assets (ROA)0.5%1.7%−0.0%3.6%4.4%2.2%4.1%8.9%6.3%4.2%
Return on tangible assets1.0%3.9%−0.1%8.1%8.7%4.1%9.5%21.2%15.0%12.1%
Free cash flow margin13.2%10.0%6.7%7.6%10.8%14.9%13.4%13.2%12.5%12.3%
Income quality (OCF / net income)19.864.29—1.481.523.412.191.041.371.99
Financial health
Total debt$2.92B$3.26B$3.44B$4.28B$4.30B$4.05B$3.31B$3.26B$3.27B$3.27B
Cash & short-term investments$573.0M$593.7M$508.1M$1.23B$1.71B$1.86B$774.1M$729.8M$753.1M$351.4M
Net debt$2.35B$2.66B$2.93B$3.06B$2.59B$2.19B$2.54B$2.54B$2.52B$2.92B
Debt / equity1.051.131.151.381.391.501.291.251.391.69
Debt / assets0.430.460.450.490.500.520.480.480.490.52
Net debt / EBITDA4.445.8316.143.573.033.703.142.742.983.67
Current ratio2.572.852.552.353.681.993.103.002.942.30
Quick ratio1.781.991.691.812.981.692.302.232.231.63
Interest coverage3.42.71.23.63.42.23.74.23.73.0
Working capital$1.22B$1.32B$1.28B$1.60B$2.24B$1.48B$1.33B$1.28B$1.22B$758.2M
Invested capital$5.13B$5.55B$5.93B$6.17B$5.68B$4.90B$5.11B$5.14B$4.86B$4.86B
Tangible asset value−$784.4M−$986.2M−$1.43B−$1.80B−$1.35B−$1.10B−$1.29B−$1.37B−$1.58B−$2.14B
Net current asset value−$1.97B−$2.23B−$2.58B−$2.87B−$2.44B−$2.16B−$2.30B−$2.27B−$2.45B−$2.96B
Graham number$9.52$19.18—$29.91$31.57$20.00$24.98$34.91$26.96$19.75
Graham net-net per share−$17.62−$18.95−$21.45−$22.71−$18.99−$16.56−$17.38−$16.35−$16.86−$19.70
Capital allocation
Dividends paid$70.4M$72.2M$71.5M$51.1M$26.3M$15.5M$15.2M—$0$0
Share buybacks (net)$126.1M$80.6M$100.7M$292.3M$47.8M$38.1M$357.0M$403.1M$2.9M$4.8M
Dividend payout ratio224.9%56.2%—16.4%7.2%9.4%5.4%—0.0%0.0%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow40.1%38.9%63.3%110.6%18.1%11.8%81.2%87.5%0.7%1.2%
Capex / revenue3.5%4.0%4.6%3.7%3.8%3.5%4.7%4.6%4.4%4.1%
Capex / operating cash flow21.1%28.7%40.4%32.6%26.1%19.1%26.0%25.7%25.9%25.0%
Capex / depreciation0.510.510.600.530.560.420.620.650.530.42
Stock-based compensation / revenue0.7%1.0%0.7%0.8%0.7%0.6%0.5%0.7%0.6%0.5%
R&D / revenue3.6%4.3%4.4%4.6%4.2%4.3%4.3%4.2%3.9%4.0%
SG&A / revenue9.6%10.0%8.7%9.1%8.8%9.7%8.2%8.7%9.2%9.2%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding64.965.166.962.558.968.260.759.358.355.5
Days of inventory on hand83.382.388.878.370.378.375.771.366.760.3
Days payables outstanding52.452.366.362.957.763.057.453.449.647.5
Cash conversion cycle (days)95.895.189.477.971.583.579.177.275.468.2
Receivables turnover5.625.605.455.846.205.356.016.166.266.58
Payables turnover6.976.985.515.806.335.796.366.837.367.68
Inventory turnover4.384.444.114.665.194.664.825.125.476.05
Asset turnover0.530.530.490.470.460.410.500.520.510.51
Average receivables$658.8M$702.2M$743.3M$697.9M$615.0M$567.3M$569.8M$569.2M$528.4M$483.9M
Average payables$387.6M$422.2M$506.9M$495.3M$426.5M$385.4M$378.4M$351.2M$310.9M$295.0M
Average inventory$616.1M$664.0M$679.2M$616.6M$519.6M$478.8M$499.5M$469.2M$418.0M$374.3M
Intangibles / total assets52.9%54.3%57.6%56.1%51.6%48.5%56.5%58.5%59.1%65.4%

Computed from ST's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 27, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

ST valuation and financial ratios

At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Sensata Technologies traded at 156.5 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 27.0. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 67.6 and the forward P/E is 10.3. Sensata Technologies earned a return on equity of 1.1% and a return on invested capital of 4.8% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $2.9 billion of debt and $573.0 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $2.3 billion. It returned $196.5 million to shareholders: $70.4 million in dividends and $126.1 million in share buybacks, 40% of free cash flow. The share count fell 14.2% from 171.5M to 147.1M over 9 years.

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ST key metrics FAQ

What is Sensata Technologies's P/E ratio?

Sensata Technologies's trailing P/E ratio is 67.6 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 10.3. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 156.5, compared with a 10-year median of 27.0.

What is Sensata Technologies's EV/EBITDA?

Sensata Technologies's enterprise value was 13.7 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $7.2 billion, EBITDA $528.8 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 14.6.

What is Sensata Technologies's return on equity?

Sensata Technologies's return on equity (ROE) was 1.1% in fiscal 2025: net income of $31.3 million on average shareholders' equity of $2.8 billion.

What is Sensata Technologies's ROIC?

Sensata Technologies's return on invested capital was 4.8% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.

How much debt does Sensata Technologies have?

Sensata Technologies had total debt of $2.9 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05 and $2.3 billion of net debt (4.44 times EBITDA).

What is Sensata Technologies's dividend yield?

Sensata Technologies's forward dividend yield is 1.18%. Sensata Technologies paid $70.4 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.48 per share), a payout ratio of 224.9%.

Does Sensata Technologies buy back its shares?

Yes. Sensata Technologies spent $126.1 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −2.4% over the year, to 147.1M..

What is Sensata Technologies's free cash flow yield?

Sensata Technologies generated $490.3 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 10.0% on its market value at year-end ($4.9 billion).

What is Sensata Technologies's current ratio?

Sensata Technologies's current ratio was 2.57 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 2.57 times current liabilities.

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