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Here's Why Sensata (ST) is a Strong Value Stock

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While you may have an investing style you rely on, finding great stocks is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores. These are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on value, growth, and/or momentum characteristics.

Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock

Different than growth or momentum investors, value-focused investors are all about finding good stocks at good prices, and discovering which companies are trading under what their true value is before the broader market catches on. The Value Style Score utilizes ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow to help pick out the most attractive and discounted stocks.

Sensata (ST)

Headquartered in Attleboro, MA, Sensata Technologies is a global industrial technology company that develops, manufactures and sells innovative sensor-based solutions. Markedly, it is considered as one of the leading suppliers of electrical protection and power management solutions. With an industry rich experience of more than 100 years, the company has its business centers in 11 countries, including Japan, China, Korea and Malaysia, and operates under 14 other brand names apart from Sensata.

ST boasts a Value Style Score of B and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of Sensata are trading at a forward earnings multiple of 13.8X, as well as a PEG Ratio of 1.3, a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 9.7X, and a Price/Sales ratio of 2X.

A company's earnings performance is important for value investors as well. For fiscal 2023, three analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for ST, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.03 to $3.77 per share. ST also holds an average earnings surprise of 2.6%.

Investors should take the time to consider ST for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings and valuation metrics, and impressive Value and VGM Style Scores.

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