Brokerages Set AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) PT at $182.00

Shares of AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) have been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the eight research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $182.00.

Several brokerages recently weighed in on ATR. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on AptarGroup from $153.00 to $152.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Weiss Ratings lowered AptarGroup from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Wednesday. KeyCorp initiated coverage on AptarGroup in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $220.00 target price for the company. Finally, Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $172.00 target price (down from $182.00) on shares of AptarGroup in a research note on Monday, August 4th.

AptarGroup Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of AptarGroup stock opened at $130.84 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The firm has a market cap of $8.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.52, a P/E/G ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 0.55. AptarGroup has a fifty-two week low of $129.81 and a fifty-two week high of $178.03. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $136.41 and a 200 day moving average price of $146.87.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The industrial products company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.58 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $966.01 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $954.06 million. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 15.39% and a net margin of 10.84%.AptarGroup’s quarterly revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.41 earnings per share. AptarGroup has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.530-1.610 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that AptarGroup will post 5.57 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AptarGroup Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 23rd will be paid a $0.48 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 23rd. This is an increase from AptarGroup’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.5%. AptarGroup’s payout ratio is presently 30.98%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other AptarGroup news, insider Shiela Vinczeller sold 1,167 shares of AptarGroup stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.97, for a total value of $161,010.99. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 25,134 shares in the company, valued at $3,467,737.98. The trade was a 4.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Gael Touya sold 2,500 shares of AptarGroup stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.12, for a total value of $340,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 31,463 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,282,743.56. The trade was a 7.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.68% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AptarGroup

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System boosted its position in shares of AptarGroup by 0.5% during the first quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System now owns 18,600 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,760,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC boosted its position in shares of AptarGroup by 1.9% during the second quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 5,337 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $835,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of AptarGroup by 1.3% during the first quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 7,818 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,160,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the period. Vident Advisory LLC boosted its position in shares of AptarGroup by 5.1% during the second 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 period. Finally, Simplex Trading LLC boosted its position in shares of AptarGroup by 107.4% during the first quarter. Simplex Trading LLC now owns 224 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 116 shares during the period. 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.