Sensata Technologies Holding PlcNYSE: ST

Q4 2025 Sensata Technologies Earnings Conference Call (Earnings Presentation)

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Sensata Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Earnings Presentation

1 | SENSATA Q4 AND FY25 EARNINGS PRESENTATION

February 19, 2026





Established a 3-pillar transformation framework and achieved strong performance,

enabled by a new high-caliber leadership team and measure-based operating model

Operational Excellence

Delivered on margin targets and

achieved record free cash flow



Capital Allocation

Deleveraged the

balance sheet



Return to Growth

Delivered growth in China and Automotive market outgrowth in the second half of 2025





Our leadership is comprised of best-in-class industry talent and proven Sensata performers



New to Sensata New in role

Stephan von Schuckmann

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Corporate

Andrew Lynch

EVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Nicolas Bardot

EVP, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

Patrick Hertzke

EVP, CHIEF GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATION OFFICER

Lynne Caljouw

EVP, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

David Stott

EVP, GENERAL

COUNSEL

Business

Alice Martins

EVP, AND PRESIDENT OF INDUSTRIALS

Markus Schwabe

EVP, AND PRESIDENT OF AUTOMOTIVE

Brian Wilkie

EVP, AND PRESIDENT OF AEROSPACE, DEFENSE, AND COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT

Jackie Chen

EVP, AND PRESIDENT OF SENSATA CHINA











Operational Excellence: Expanded adjusted operating margins each quarter throughout the year and delivered record Free Cash Flow of $490 million, or 97% conversion

Capital Allocation: Reduced net leverage to 2.7x while returning $191 million of capital to shareholders and improving ROIC by 40 pts to 10.6%

"With our Q4 and Full Year 2025 results, I am pleased to report that we delivered on our objectives for the first year of our transformation journey. We expanded margins sequentially each quarter this year, dramatically improved free cash flow, strengthened our balance sheet, and, in the fourth quarter, we returned to year-over-year revenue growth. As we look ahead to 2026 and beyond, we are now a more resilient organization, and we have a solid foundation on which to

build. I am confident that with our strengthened leadership team and renewed focus, we will build upon this momentum to unlock growth in each of our segments over time."

Stephan von Schuckmann,

Chief Executive Officer

Growth: Delivered Y/Y organic growth in both Q4

and the second half

Our

Return to

Growth

Capital Allocation Optimization

Operational

Excellence

3 key pillars





We have reorganized Sensata into 3 segments to unlock value and accelerate growth

Automotive

Industrials

Aerospace, Defense, and Commercial Equipment

  • Technologically open across all powertrain

    Value Creation Mandate

    types

  • Serve high margin long ICE tail and capture share as competitors exit

  • Win on EVs and capture market share with leading OEMs in Asia

  • Launching ground for products and technology with adaptability for other end markets

  • Highly diversified, short-cycle business with highest opportunity for whitespace growth

  • Pursue adjacent markets and geographies

  • Capture our share entitlement in Data Centers

    Growth Dynamics

  • Expand presence in micro-grid applications

    • Maximize performance in commercial

      aviation growth cycle

    • Accelerate growth by expanding into

      UAVs

    • Prepare for growth cycles in on-highway trucks, construction and agriculture

    • Expand Defense footprint into Europe

      High volume market where growth is driven primarily by market outgrowth

High growth market driven by secular trends (e.g., data centers)

Diversified market with multiple growth cycles and tailwinds



Maximize value from our core products

Leverage our scale & pedigree

Rigorous standards for new

business



  • Legacy Sensing: Pressure, Temperature,

    Position

  • Specialty Sensing: Leak, Flow, Force

  • Electrical Protection: Power Conversion/Inversion, High Voltage, Low Voltage & Circuit

  • Leverage our Automotive business to

    benefit from scale

  • Monetize our pedigree by emphasizing high automotive quality & delivery standards to win in other end-markets

  • Adapt automotive products and technologies to develop new products for new end markets

  • High volume, platform-driven business

    where we are designed-in, or spec'd-in

  • Mission-critical or regulated sockets

    where business is sticky

  • Hard-to-do applications where our technical differentiation wins

Sensing and Electrical Protection, in multiple end markets

Automotive is a reliable end market to build and leverage scale

High volume applications with high switching costs and long platform lives



Foster core ICE Powertrain Investments

Drive Entitlement in PHEVs and EREVs

Grow EV Profitability in High Voltage BEV Content

Strengthen and sustain ICE offerings

to maximize core business value

Expand product penetration

and value capture

Accelerate growth in BEV high voltage

systems with a focus on profitability

Pressure

Temperature

Pressure

Temperature

Contactors

Pressure and Temperature

Contactors

Fuses

Force















EV/Hybrid ICE Propulsion Agnostic

content per vehicle grows with Plug-in Hybrids, Extended Range EVs, and BEVs

We expand product

offerings and value capture in

high growth PHEVs and EREVs

We accelerate growth in BEV-centric markets with high-voltage systems and a focus on profitability

Key content

We strengthen ICE offerings to maximize core business value

Key content areas:

Pressure Thermal

1.7x with High Voltage

1.5x

ICE CPV

Key content areas:

Contactors Fuses Pressure Thermal

2.0x

ICE CPV

areas:

Contactors Force Fuses Pressure Thermal





ICE CPV

ICE PHEV and EREV BEV

9 | SENSATA Q4 AND FY25 EARNINGS PRESENTATION

EV/Hybrid ICE Propulsion Agnostic

CPV, or Content Per Vehicle =



$ revenue per vehicle produced









Chassis

Brake Force Sensor

Pedal Force Sensor

Zero Displacement Pedal

Brake Pressure Sensor

Suspension Pressure

Exhaust Aftertreatment

Exhaust Gas Recirculation Sensor

High Temp Sensor

Tire Monitoring

Tire Pressure Monitoring Sensors

12% CAGR

Projected global PHEV + EREV

production from 2025-2030*



Tire Pressure Monitoring Software and Engine Control Unit

High Voltage

Main Contactors Fuses

Thermal Management

CO2Pressure & Temperature

A/C Sensor

Thermal Management P+T

Engine

Gasoline Direct Injection Sensor





Fuel Delivery Pressure Sensor

Oil Pressure Sensor

Transmission



Transmission Pressure Sensor

10 | SENSATA Q4 AND FY25 EARNINGS PRESENTATION

EV/Hybrid ICE Propulsion Agnostic

*Per S&P Global, EREV platform shown above



Power & Peak Management

Sensing and Thermal

Management

Electrical Protection

Delivering reliable, customizable

power solutions

Customizable sensors to meet growing

demand for air and liquid cooling solutions

Offering one stop shop for protection and

switching devices

Inverters

Rectifiers Converters

Pressure Temperature Gas

Sensors Sensors Detection

Flow

Sensors

Contactors

Circuit

Breakers

Motor

Protectors

Relays



Clean Energy Solutions

HVAC/R

Diversified Industrial

Infrastructure: Industrial, Data Centers and Renewables





Electrical Protection Sensing

Ground Fault Circuit Protection

Circuit

Pressure & Temperature Sensors

Breakers

Fuses

Flow Sensors

New for

2026

Sensata content

inside

data centers

today



Computer Room Air Conditioner

Contactors

Pressure & Temperature Sensors

Power Distribution Unit

Coolant Distribution Unit

Flow Sensors

New for

2026

Refrigerant Leak Detection



Chiller



Power & Peak Management



DC-DC

Converter



Energy Storage

Inverter

PowerSkidTM

Sensing

a

New for

2026





Pressure & Temperature Sensors

Flow Sensors

Refrigerant Leak Detection

Sensata content

outside

data centers

today

Electrical Protection

Contactors

Motor Protection



Air Cooled Chiller



Aviation

Ground Transportation

Off-road Vehicles











Commercial Airframe, Military Aircraft, Business Jets, UAVs: strong growth projected through 2030

Truck, Bus, Military Vehicles: Content growth opportunities driven by regulatory cycles

Construction, Agriculture, Machinery: Diversity can offset inherent cyclicality

Inceptors

Flight Surface Controls

Electrical Protection

High-Efficiency BLDC Motors

Thermal Management

Contactors

& Fuses

Pressure

Temperature

Pressure Thermal

Management

Contactors

& Fuses

Temperature Joysticks











Thermal Management

Hermetic Thermostats

Thermostat Probes

Electrical Protection & Control

Circuit Breakers

Cockpit Controls

Position & Motion Sensing

Angular Position Sensors

Linear Position Sensors

Force Sensors

Position Switches

Pressure Sensing

Pressure Switches

Modular Pressure

Sensors

15 | SENSATA Q4 AND FY25 EARNINGS PRESENTATION

40 million sensors

installed globally

Most existing contracts have

20+ year lifespan

High reliability products

command premium margins

Commercial airliner

production forecasted to grow at High Single-digit % CAGR from 2025 through 2030*

*Per Forecast International





Powertrain Systems

Temperature Sensors

High-Efficiency BLDC Motors

Pressure Sensors

Mission Systems & Targeting



Voice Coil Actuators



High-Efficiency BLDC Motors

Precision Sensing & Feedback Flight Control & Actuation Systems

Pressure Sensors

Position

Sensors

Temperature

Sensors

Position Sensors

High-Efficiency BLDC Motors

Sensata motors and

actuators in-flight today on 6 major defense UAV platforms

Major whitespace with

expanding customer base

In period of super-cycle

growth of EU and US defense spending

Expecting Double-digit %

CAGR end market growth potential of military drones through 2030





Q4 AND FULL YEAR 2025 FINANCIALS AND Q1 2026 FINANCIAL GUIDE





Demonstrating continued margin expansion and a return to revenue growth

$918M

Revenue

+$13M above midpoint of guidance

+4% Organic growth Y/Y

Seasonally lower than Q3 by

~2%, as expected

~1% increase vs. Q4 '24, as market outgrowth more than offset the impact from divestitures

19.6%

Adj. Op. Margin

+10 bps above high end of guidance

30 bps margin expansion sequentially

19.9% excl. tariff pass-through revenue

Margin up 30 bps vs. Q4 '24 on reported basis, up ~60 bps Y/Y excl. tariff pass-through

$0.88

Adj. EPS

+$.01 above high end of guidance

Increased 14 cents Y/Y, enabled by revenue growth and margin expansion

$130M

Adj. Net Income

+$3M above high end of guidance

+16% Y/Y, enabled by revenue growth and margin expansion

ANI margin was 14.1%,

+180 bps Y/Y

We expanded margins to 19.6% and delivered 4% organic revenue growth

A transformative year in which we laid the foundation for our future

$3.7B

Revenue

19.0%

Adj. Op. Margin

$3.42

Adj. EPS

$503M

Adj. Net Income

Flat organically Y/Y

Organic growth of 3% in the second half

6% decrease in 2025 on a reported basis, primarily due to product divestitures

+20 bps Y/Y on an ex-Tariff basis

19.2% excl. tariff pass-through revenue

Increased 20 bps Y/Y excl. tariff pass-through, despite lower revenue base attributable to product divestitures

Above our guidance range each quarter

Y/Y decrease of 2 cents primarily attributable to ~20 cent headwind from divestitures and FX, largely offset by positive impacts from operational improvements

Expanded 40 bps to 13.6% of NR, Y/Y

ANI margin increased Y/Y

despite lower revenues

ANI decreased 3% Y/Y primarily due to lower revenues attributable to product divestitures

Consistent execution with a focus on delivering on our commitments



We delivered Record Free Cash Flow through disciplined capex and working capital management

$393

$490



Historical Free Cash Flow Conversion1,2

We are deploying our robust free cash flow

$356

$391

$413

$461

$458

$410

$311

$272



2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

xx

Free Cash Flow ($M)

conversion to accelerate deleveraging

$3.43

3.2

$3.22

3.0

$2.87

2023

2024

Net Leverage Ratio

2025

Gross Indebtedness

2.7



  1. 2020 not included due to atypical result impacted by the pandemic

  2. Prior period Free Cash Flow Conversion calculations have been recast to reflect exclusion of Other Income/Expense from Adjusted Net Income

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