Sensata Technologies, Inc. Business Report FY ended Dec. 2019

Financial Overview

(in million USD)
  FY ended Dec. 31, 2019 FY ended Dec. 31, 2018 Rate of change
(%)
Factors
Overall
Net Sales 3,450.6 3,521.6 (2.0)
Operating Income 940.0 1,005.7 (6.5) -
Performance Sensing business
Net Sales 2,546.0 2,627.7 (3.1) (*)
Operating Income 648.7 712.7 (9.0) -


Factors

(*)Performance Sensing business sales
-Performance Sensing net revenue for the fiscal year 2019 decreased by 3.1%, to USD 2,546.0 million from USD 2,627.7 million for the fiscal year 2018. According to the Company, its automotive business, which reported net revenue decline of 4.3%, or 0.9% on an organic basis, outperformed the automotive end market, which declined 5.6%. The outgrowth of the automotive market was largely due to content growth in all of our major end markets, most notably China.  In addition, price reductions of 1.6%, primarily to automotive customers, contributed to the Performance Sensing organic revenue decline. 

  

R&D Expenditure

(in million USD)
  FY ended Dec. 31, 2019 FY ended Dec. 31, 2018 FY ended Dec. 31, 2017
Overall 148.4 147.3 130.1