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: $157.47 to $159.78
• 50-Day Range: $158.18 to $176.09
• 52-Week Range: $122.29 to $178.03
• Volume: 730,207 shs
• Average Volume: 291,152 shs
• Market Capitalization: $10.53 billion
• P/E Ratio: 31.76
• Dividend Yield: 1.14%
• Price Target: $195.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

AptarGroup Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AptarGroup scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 9th out of 178 stocks in the industrial products sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

AptarGroup has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.20, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, 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: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.27%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for AptarGroup are expected to grow by 12.27% in the coming year, from $5.38 to $6.04 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AptarGroup is 31.76, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 115.46.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AptarGroup is 31.76, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrial Products sector average P/E ratio of about 21.08.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

AptarGroup has a PEG Ratio of 2.97. 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 4.48. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.64% of the outstanding shares of AptarGroup have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AptarGroup has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AptarGroup has recently decreased by 17.38%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

AptarGroup pays a meaningful dividend of 1.10%, 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 36.14%. 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 29.80% 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

0.64% of the outstanding shares of AptarGroup have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

AptarGroup has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in AptarGroup has recently decreased by 17.38%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

AptarGroup has a news sentiment score of 1.48. 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 0.73 average news sentiment score of Industrial Products companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for AptarGroup this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

8 people have added AptarGroup to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 167% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AptarGroup insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,250,752.00 in 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 $123.62 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ATR stock has increased by 28.0% and is now trading at $158.18.
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How were AptarGroup's earnings last quarter?

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The industrial products company reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.36 by $0.01. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

Is AptarGroup buying back stock?

AptarGroup's Board of Directors approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, October 10th 2024, which authorizes the company to buy back $500,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 4.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Who are AptarGroup's major shareholders?

AptarGroup's top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.34%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.17%), FMR LLC (2.80%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.28%). 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?

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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

• Last Earnings: 7/25/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 11/14 Dividend: 10/24/2024
• Dividend Payable: 11/14/2024
• Today: 12/20/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrial Products
• Industry: Plastics products, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: Metal & Glass Containers
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ATR
• CUSIP: 03833610
• CIK: 896622
• Web: www.aptar.com
• Phone: (815) 477-0424
• Fax: 815-477-0481
• Employees: 13,800
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $195.00
• High Stock Price Target: $215.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $185.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.20
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $4.98
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 31.76
• Forward P/E Ratio: 29.40
• P/E Growth: 2.97
• Net Income: $284.49 million
• Net Margins: 9.40%
• Pretax Margin: 12.15%
• Return on Equity: 14.92%
• Return on Assets: 8.01%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.32
• Current Ratio: 1.62
• Quick Ratio: 1.15

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.57 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.95
• Cash Flow: $7.94 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 19.93
• Book Value: $35.29 per share
• Price / Book: 4.48

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 66,543,000
• Free Float: 65,878,000
• Market Cap: $10.53 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.58