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Sensata Technologies Holding acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Sensata Technologies Holding bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Qinex BusinessWord for word“In the year ended December 31, 2022, we sold various assets and liabilities comprising our semiconductor test and thermal business (collectively, the "Qinex Business").” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | In the year ended December 31, 2022 | — |
DynapowerWord for word“Our fiscal year 2022 acquisition of Dynapower was a foundational addition to our Clean Energy Solutions strategy.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | fiscal year 2022 | — |
GIGAVACWord for word“We meaningfully started our journey in high-voltage electrification with the 2018 acquisition of GIGAVAC, an industrial contactor-infused business serving the North American market.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | 2018 | — |
Elastic M2MWord for word“lower cash paid for acquisitions (there were no acquisitions in the year ended December 31, 54 Table of Contents 2023, while in the prior period we acquired Elastic M2M and Dynapower), partially offset by (1) lower cash received from sale of businesses and (2) an increase in cash paid for capital expenditures.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | — | — |
Spear Marine BusinessWord for word“(5) the $10.5 million write-down of inventory as a result of our decision to exit the Spear Marine Business, partially offset by (1) the net impacts of pricing recoveries from customers, inflation on material and logistics costs, and volume leverage, and (2) cost savings as a result of repositioning actions taken in fiscal year 2022.” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | — | — |
Insights BusinessWord for word“In September 2024, we sold the Insights Business to a third party.” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | In September 2024 | — |
Magnetic Speed and Positioning Business ("MSP Business")Word for word“Restructuring and other charges, net decreased in the year ended December 31, 2025 versus the prior year period, due to (1) the loss on the sale of the Insights Business in the third quarter of 2024, and (2) charges related to our decision to exit the Spear aerospace and defense business in the third quarter of 2024, partially offset by (1) the loss on the sale of the Magnetic Speed and Positioning Business ("MSP Business") in the first quarter of 2025, and (2) an increase in charges related to our restructuring plans.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | first quarter of 2025 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | −$4.7 million | $0 | — |
| 2017-12-31 | $0 | $0 | — |
| 2018-12-31 | $228.3 million | $149.8 million | $114.6 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $32.5 million | $0 | $12.5 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $64.4 million | $0 | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $736.1 million | — | $390.7 million |
| 2022-12-31 | $631.5 million | — | $454.2 million |
| 2023-12-31 | $0 | — | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $0 | — | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2025-09-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-06-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-08-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-09-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-07-18 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2022-06-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-04-05 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-03-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-08-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-09-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-04-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-11-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-11-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-10-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Sensata Technologies Holding’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-27. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.