Zacks Research Analysts Increase Earnings Estimates for AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR)

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for AptarGroup in a report issued on Thursday, September 19th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the industrial products company will earn $1.36 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.35. The consensus estimate for AptarGroup’s current full-year earnings is $5.36 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AptarGroup’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.49 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.43 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.87 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.58 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.62 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.41 EPS.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The industrial products company reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.36 by $0.01. AptarGroup had a net margin of 9.00% and a return on equity of 15.13%. The company had revenue of $910.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $930.15 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.23 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis.

Separately, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on AptarGroup from $163.00 to $168.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 17th.

AptarGroup Stock Performance

Shares of ATR stock opened at $155.91 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $10.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.46, a PEG ratio of 3.11 and a beta of 0.57. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $148.33 and a 200 day moving average price of $145.41. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. AptarGroup has a 12 month low of $120.36 and a 12 month high of $158.80.

AptarGroup Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 25th were given a dividend of $0.45 per share. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, July 25th. This is an increase from AptarGroup’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. AptarGroup’s payout ratio is currently 38.63%.

Insider Activity

In other AptarGroup news, Director Monnas Giovanna Kampouri sold 1,922 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $144.43, for a total value of $277,594.46. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 8,839 shares in the company, valued at $1,276,616.77. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In other AptarGroup news, Director Monnas Giovanna Kampouri sold 1,922 shares of AptarGroup stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $144.43, for a total transaction of $277,594.46. Following the transaction, the director now owns 8,839 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,276,616.77. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Gael Touya sold 3,300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.62, for a total value of $500,346.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 32,165 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,876,857.30. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 49,457 shares of company stock worth $7,314,030. Corporate insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of AptarGroup by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 666,510 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $82,398,000 after buying an additional 8,534 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of AptarGroup by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 5,017 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $620,000 after purchasing an additional 329 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of AptarGroup during the fourth quarter worth approximately $89,855,000. UBS Group AG lifted its holdings in shares of AptarGroup by 9.6% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 58,423 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $7,222,000 after purchasing an additional 5,110 shares during the period. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. grew its position in AptarGroup by 7.8% in the 4th quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,879 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $480,000 after buying an additional 282 shares during the last quarter. 88.52% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About AptarGroup

AptarGroup, Inc designs and manufactures a range of drug delivery, consumer product dispensing, and active material science solutions and services for the pharmaceutical, beauty, personal care, home care, and food and beverage markets. The company operates through Aptar Pharma, Aptar Beauty, and Aptar Closures segments.