EntryPoint Capital LLC Takes Position in AptarGroup, Inc. $ATR

Key Points

• EntryPoint Capital LLC acquired a new stake in AptarGroup, Inc. during the 1st quarter, purchasing 1,822 shares valued at approximately $270,000.
• Various institutional investors, including Tower Research and Stifel Financial, significantly increased their positions in AptarGroup during the 4th quarter, contributing to 88.52% of the company's stock being owned by such investors.
• AptarGroup recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share, which reflects an annualized payout of $1.80 with a yield of 1.3%.

EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new stake in AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 1,822 shares of the industrial products company's stock, valued at approximately $270,000.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Simplex Trading LLC lifted its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 107.4% in the 1st quarter. Simplex Trading LLC now owns 224 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 116 shares during the last quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB lifted its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 155.0% in the 1st quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 278 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 169 shares during the last quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of AptarGroup in the 4th quarter valued at about $75,000. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 116.9% in the 1st quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 603 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $89,000 after acquiring an additional 325 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State of Wyoming bought a new stake in shares of AptarGroup in the 4th quarter valued at about $97,000. 88.52% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ATR. Wells Fargo & Company restated an "overweight" rating and set a $153.00 price target (down previously from $173.00) on shares of AptarGroup in a report on Monday, August 4th. Raymond James Financial restated an "outperform" rating and set a $172.00 price target (down previously from $182.00) on shares of AptarGroup in a report on Monday, August 4th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded AptarGroup from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $174.60.

Insider Activity at AptarGroup

In related news, EVP Kimberly Chainey sold 1,671 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 10th. The stock was 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 approximately $1,694,135.52. This represents a 13.10% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Gael Touya sold 3,300 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $152.62, for a total value of $503,646.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 33,963 shares in the company, valued at $5,183,433.06. This trade represents a 8.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.68% of the company's stock.

AptarGroup Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of ATR stock traded down $1.42 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $138.02. 77,469 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 384,615. AptarGroup, Inc. has a 1 year low of $130.85 and a 1 year high of $178.03. The company's 50 day moving average is $150.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is $149.51. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The firm has a market cap of $9.09 billion, a PE ratio of 23.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.89 and a beta of 0.57.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The industrial products company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $966.01 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $954.06 million. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 15.39% and a net margin of 10.84%.The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.41 EPS. AptarGroup has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.530-1.610 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that AptarGroup, Inc. will post 5.57 EPS for the current year.

AptarGroup Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 24th were paid a $0.45 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, July 24th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend 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.