Zacks Research Increases Earnings Estimates for AptarGroup

Key Points

• Zacks Research has raised its FY2025 EPS estimate for AptarGroup to $5.81, up from a previous estimate of $5.76, while the current consensus estimate for the company's full-year earnings is $5.57.
• AptarGroup reported an EPS of $1.66 for Q2, exceeding analyst expectations of $1.58, with revenue of $966.01 million, a 6.1% increase year-over-year.
• The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share, which represents an annualized dividend yield of 1.3%.

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for AptarGroup in a research report issued on Thursday, August 14th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $5.81 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $5.76. The consensus estimate for AptarGroup's current full-year earnings is $5.57 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AptarGroup's Q4 2026 earnings at $1.60 EPS.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The industrial products company reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.58 by $0.08. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 15.39% and a net margin of 10.84%.The business had revenue of $966.01 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $954.06 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.41 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. AptarGroup has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.530-1.610 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on ATR. Wall Street Zen raised AptarGroup from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Raymond James Financial reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $172.00 target price (down previously from $182.00) on shares of AptarGroup in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $153.00 target price (down previously from $173.00) on shares of AptarGroup in a research note on Monday, August 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $174.60.

AptarGroup Price Performance

ATR stock traded up $1.4930 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $141.0830. 518,158 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 385,803. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 0.83. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $152.00 and a 200 day moving average price of $150.06. AptarGroup has a 12 month low of $130.85 and a 12 month high of $178.03. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.28, a PEG ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.57.

Institutional Trading of AptarGroup

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. State of Wyoming purchased a new stake in shares of AptarGroup in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $168,000. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 11.5% in the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 5,366 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $839,000 after buying an additional 554 shares during the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC grew its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 5.1% in the 2nd quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 2,304 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $360,000 after buying an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. Sone Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 90.2% in the 2nd quarter. Sone Capital Management LLC now owns 102,429 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $16,023,000 after buying an additional 48,566 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Scopus Asset Management L.P. grew its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 4.8% in the 2nd quarter. Scopus Asset Management L.P. now owns 162,470 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $25,415,000 after buying an additional 7,470 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.52% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at AptarGroup

In other AptarGroup news, insider Gael Touya sold 3,300 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $152.62, for a total transaction of $503,646.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 33,963 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,183,433.06. This represents a 8.86% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Kimberly Chainey sold 1,671 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $152.79, for a total value of $255,312.09. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 11,088 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,694,135.52. The trade was a 13.10% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 11,971 shares of company stock valued at $1,854,388 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.68% of the company's stock.

AptarGroup Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 24th were given a dividend of $0.45 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, July 24th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. AptarGroup's dividend payout ratio is presently 30.98%.

AptarGroup Company Profile

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.