AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.24 EPS

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The industrial products company reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.24, Zacks reports. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 15.62% and a net margin of 10.45%. AptarGroup updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 1.110-1.190 EPS.

AptarGroup Stock Down 8.4 %

Shares of NYSE:ATR opened at $143.26 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $160.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of $158.88. AptarGroup has a twelve month low of $131.51 and a twelve month high of $178.03. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32. The company has a market capitalization of $9.53 billion, a PE ratio of 25.86, a P/E/G ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 0.59.

AptarGroup Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 5th. AptarGroup’s payout ratio is 32.49%.

Insider Activity at AptarGroup

In other AptarGroup news, EVP Kimberly Chainey sold 964 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $168.83, for a total transaction of $162,752.12. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 7,848 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,324,977.84. This trade represents a 10.94 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on ATR. Raymond James initiated coverage on shares of AptarGroup in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $200.00 price objective for the company. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded AptarGroup from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $155.00 to $215.00 in a research note on Monday, October 14th. Bank of America cut AptarGroup from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $173.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on AptarGroup from $170.00 to $185.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. Finally, Dbs Bank raised AptarGroup from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $190.60.

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.