Aptiv APTV

equity

Price History

2011-11 · DCA start$17.47

Time underwater

How far below its previous all-time high the price sat, each month. 0% means a new high.

2011-112026-08 · -72.0%

Worst drawdown: −72%, peaking Oct 2021 and bottoming Aug 2026 — still unrecovered after 58 months.

DCA Backtest

Start month

Monthly amount (USD)

Invested: $17,800
Value today: $13,842
Return: -22.2%
Months invested: 178

Scenarios

Inflation — the same contributions merely keeping pace with CPI would be $22,576 today, so the real (inflation-adjusted) return is -38.7%.

Lump sum instead — $17,800 all at once in Nov 2011: $49,400 (+177.5%) — lump sum came out ahead.

Worst timing — same monthly amount started at the all-time high (Oct 2021): $3,531 on $5,900 invested (-40.1%).

⚠ Price returns only — dividends are not included. This understates the true return of dividend-paying shares, and any comparison against crypto (which pays no dividends) is biased against equities by roughly the dividend yield, compounded.

If this saved you a spreadsheet — buy me a coffee.

Every start month at once

Each cell is the return-to-date of £/$/€100-a-month DCA started that month. Click a cell to load it in the backtest above. The ringed cell is the all-time-high start — the worst timing scenario.

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Legend:−50%−20%0%+50%+200%+1000%worst timing (ATH)Selected 2011-11: -22.2%

About Aptiv

Aptiv PLC is a supplier of automotive technology and components. It is organized in Jersey and is a resident of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, for tax purposes. The company operates 139 major manufacturing facilities and 11 major technical centers and has a presence in 50 countries. (Wikipedia)

It's a listed company categorised under consumer discretionary and automotive parts & equipment, with a market cap of about $10.1B.

It rates Medium-High Risk at 2.6/5, meaning real but ordinary risk — the kind most mainstream assets carry, with some factors scoring poorly.

What pushes the score up: earnings quality (4.0/5) and market / volatility (3.7/5).

Scoring well: sector / regulatory at 1.0/5.

Not yet researched: concentration, governance. These are excluded from the score rather than guessed, so the real risk may be higher than what’s shown.

Ratings summarise sourced facts against fixed rules — not investment advice, and no substitute for your own diligence.

Risk Profile

Medium-High Risk(2.6/5)80% rated

How these ratings work

Market / Volatility3.7/5 · weight 20%

Annualised volatility (3yr)3/532.2
Max drawdown from ATH4/572.0
Beta vs S&P 5004/51.6

Liquidity1.0/5 · weight 15%

Avg daily $ volume1/5213.9m
Float % of shares outstandingnot yet researched

Leverage / Financial2.5/5 · weight 20%

Debt / equity2/50.61
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest)3/53.3

Earnings Quality4.0/5 · weight 15%

3yr EPS volatility4/539.7

Concentrationunrated · weight 10%

Largest customer, % of revenuenot yet researched
Geographic revenue concentrationnot yet researched

Governanceunrated · weight 10%

Board independence %not yet researched
Share structurenot yet researched
Litigation / audit historynot yet researched

Sector / Regulatory1.0/5 · weight 10%

Sector regulatory exposure1/5low

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