TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. Has $184,000 Stock Holdings in AptarGroup, Inc. $ATR

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. decreased its stake in AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR - Free Report) by 96.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,470 shares of the industrial products company's stock after selling 43,830 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.'s holdings in AptarGroup were worth $184,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ATR. Rothschild Investment LLC increased its holdings in shares of AptarGroup by 231.1% during the fourth quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 202 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 141 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 214.1% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 201 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 137 shares during the last quarter. Silvant Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of AptarGroup during the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of AptarGroup during the 3rd quarter valued at $32,000. Finally, Ameriflex Group Inc. bought a new stake in AptarGroup during the 4th quarter worth $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.52% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ATR has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $160.00 target price on shares of AptarGroup in a report on Wednesday, July 15th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of AptarGroup in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Bank of America raised AptarGroup from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $173.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of AptarGroup from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, AptarGroup has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $172.80.

AptarGroup Stock Performance

NYSE ATR opened at $125.00 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $7.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.60, a PEG ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 0.38. AptarGroup, Inc. has a twelve month low of $103.23 and a twelve month high of $146.91. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $131.07 and a 200 day simple moving average of $126.87. The company has a quick ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.01 billion. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 13.31% and a net margin of 9.22%.AptarGroup's revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.66 EPS. AptarGroup has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.450-1.530 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that AptarGroup, Inc. will post 5.48 EPS for the current year.

AptarGroup Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 30th were given a dividend of $0.48 per share. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, July 30th. AptarGroup's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.72%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Stephan Tanda sold 9,838 shares of AptarGroup stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.16, for a total value of $1,339,542.08. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 238,729 shares of the company's stock, valued at $32,505,340.64. The trade was a 3.96% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Hedi Tlili sold 8,854 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $135.00, for a total transaction of $1,195,290.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 15,379 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,076,165. This represents a 36.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 23,197 shares of company stock valued at $3,134,828 over the last three months. 0.73% of the stock is owned by insiders.

AptarGroup Company Profile

AptarGroup, Inc is a global supplier of dispensing, packaging and drug-delivery solutions. The company develops and manufactures pumps, valves, aerosol systems, closures, dispensing devices and other components used to package and deliver products in the pharmaceutical, beauty, personal care, food and beverage markets.

Its pharmaceutical offerings include nasal, respiratory, ophthalmic and dermal drug-delivery systems, as well as components and technologies designed to support the administration of prescription and consumer healthcare products.

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