Q3 Earnings Forecast for AptarGroup Issued By William Blair

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for AptarGroup in a research report issued on Monday, February 10th. William Blair analyst M. Larew now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.56 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.73. The consensus estimate for AptarGroup's current full-year earnings is $5.95 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for AptarGroup's FY2025 earnings at $5.56 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.38 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.43 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on AptarGroup from $180.00 to $170.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Bank of America lowered AptarGroup from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $173.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on AptarGroup from $185.00 to $160.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Raymond James restated an "outperform" rating and set a $190.00 price target (down previously from $200.00) on shares of AptarGroup in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered AptarGroup from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $181.60.

AptarGroup Trading Up 1.5 %

ATR stock traded up $2.13 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $144.90. The company's stock had a trading volume of 512,842 shares, compared to its average volume of 299,160. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.62. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $156.97 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $158.95. AptarGroup has a 1 year low of $134.57 and a 1 year high of $178.03. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.16, a PEG ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 0.59.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The industrial products company reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.24. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 15.62% and a net margin of 10.45%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AptarGroup

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ATR. Norges Bank purchased a new position in AptarGroup in the fourth quarter valued at about $116,265,000. Congress Asset Management Co. acquired a new stake in AptarGroup in the third quarter worth about $108,239,000. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in AptarGroup by 33.1% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,481,563 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $389,854,000 after acquiring an additional 617,365 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in AptarGroup by 29.4% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,106,885 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $337,502,000 after acquiring an additional 479,193 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in AptarGroup by 297.2% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 473,021 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $74,312,000 after acquiring an additional 353,935 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.52% of the company's stock.

AptarGroup Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 5th will be paid a $0.45 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 5th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.24%. AptarGroup's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 32.49%.

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.