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Sensata Technologies Holding plc earns 4.0% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
4.0%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 5.0 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 6.9%
Operating margin · Scientific & Technical Instruments median 17% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −1.5%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
- R&D as % of revenue
- 3.5%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 11% |
| FY2021 | 17% |
| FY2022 | 17% |
| FY2023 | 4.5% |
| FY2024 | 3.8% |
| FY2025 | 6.4% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 29%
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 6.9%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 1.3%
- Free cash flow margin
- 14%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 3.5%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $3.73B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $508M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $48M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 4.0%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Scientific & Technical Instruments
Ranks #14 of 16 by Smart Score