AptarGroup (ATR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. It also provides pumps for nasal allergy treatments; and metered dose inhaler valves for respiratory ailments, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases; elastomer for injectable primary packaging components; and active material science solutions. In addition, the company offers dispensing pumps, closures, elastomeric components, and aerosol valves to the digital health solutions. It primarily sells its products and services in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America. AptarGroup, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $141.38 to $147.96
• 50-Day Range: $141.55 to $158.42
• 52-Week Range: $135.96 to $178.03
• Volume: 167,862 shs
• Average Volume: 368,510 shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.80
• Dividend Yield: 1.26%
• Price Target: $181.60
• Consensus Rating: Buy

AptarGroup Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AptarGroup scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 57th out of 178 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

AptarGroup has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

AptarGroup has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.03%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for AptarGroup are expected to grow by 12.03% in the coming year, from $5.57 to $6.24 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AptarGroup is 26.84, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.77.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AptarGroup is 26.84, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 20.21.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

AptarGroup has a PEG Ratio of 3.89. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

AptarGroup has a P/B Ratio of 3.98. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.17% of the float of AptarGroup has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AptarGroup has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AptarGroup has recently increased by 2.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

AptarGroup pays a meaningful dividend of 1.21%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

AptarGroup has been increasing its dividend for 31 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of AptarGroup is 32.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, AptarGroup will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.85% next year. This indicates that AptarGroup will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Environmental Score: -3.19

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.17% of the float of AptarGroup has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AptarGroup has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.1, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AptarGroup has recently increased by 2.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.71

News Sentiment

AptarGroup has a news sentiment score of 1.71. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for AptarGroup this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added AptarGroup to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -99% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AptarGroup insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.00% of the stock of AptarGroup is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

88.52% of the stock of AptarGroup is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ATR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ATR shares performed this year?

AptarGroup's stock was trading at $157.10 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, ATR stock has decreased by 5.4% and is now trading at $148.6940.
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How were AptarGroup's earnings last quarter?

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 6th. The industrial products company reported $1.52 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.24. AptarGroup had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.56% and a net margin of 10.45%.

Is AptarGroup buying back stock?

AptarGroup's board approved a share repurchase plan on Thursday, October 10th 2024, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000 in shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could reacquire up to 4.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Who are AptarGroup's major shareholders?

AptarGroup's top institutional investors include First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.03%), Versant Capital Management Inc and MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB. Insiders that own company stock include Stephan B Tanda, Robert Kuhn, Gael Touya, Shiela Vinczeller, Marc Prieur, Xiangwei Gong, Hedi Tlili, Monnas Giovanna Kampouri, Kimberly Chainey, George L Fotiades and Maritza Gomez Montiel.
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How do I buy shares of AptarGroup?

Shares of ATR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of AptarGroup own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that AptarGroup investors own include Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Chevron (CVX), Home Depot (HD), Meta Platforms (META), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 2/26 Dividend: 2/05/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 2/26 Dividend: 2/05/2025
• Last Earnings: 2/06/2025
• Dividend Payable: 2/26/2025
• Today: 4/04/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 4/24/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Plastics products, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: Metal & Glass Containers
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ATR
• CIK: 896622
• Web: www.aptar.com
• Phone: (815) 477-0424
• Fax: 815-477-0481
• Employees: 13,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $181.60
• High Stock Price Target: $215.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $160.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $5.54
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.84
• Forward P/E Ratio: 26.70
• P/E Growth: 3.89
• Net Income: $374.54 million
• Net Margins: 10.45%
• Pretax Margin: 13.11%
• Return on Equity: 15.56%
• Return on Assets: 8.50%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.28
• Current Ratio: 1.38
• Quick Ratio: 0.95

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.58 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.76
• Cash Flow: $9.85 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.09
• Book Value: $37.36 per share
• Price / Book: 3.98

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 66,495,000
• Free Float: 65,830,000
• Market Cap: $9.89 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.56