AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $1.36 Per Share, Zacks Research Forecasts

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) – Analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of AptarGroup in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, September 19th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.36 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.35. The consensus estimate for AptarGroup’s current full-year earnings is $5.36 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AptarGroup’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.49 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.43 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.87 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.58 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.62 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $6.41 EPS.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 25th. The industrial products company reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.36 by $0.01. AptarGroup had a net margin of 9.00% and a return on equity of 15.13%. The firm had revenue of $910.10 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $930.15 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.23 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis.

Separately, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of AptarGroup from $163.00 to $168.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 17th.

AptarGroup Stock Performance

ATR opened at $155.91 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $10.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.46, a PEG ratio of 3.11 and a beta of 0.57. AptarGroup has a 1-year low of $120.36 and a 1-year high of $158.80. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $148.33 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $145.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 0.95.

AptarGroup Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 25th were given a dividend of $0.45 per share. This is a positive change from AptarGroup’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, July 25th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.15%. AptarGroup’s dividend payout ratio is currently 38.63%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other AptarGroup news, Director Monnas Giovanna Kampouri sold 1,922 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $144.43, for a total transaction of $277,594.46. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 8,839 shares in the company, valued at $1,276,616.77. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In other AptarGroup news, Director Monnas Giovanna Kampouri sold 1,922 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $144.43, for a total transaction of $277,594.46. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 8,839 shares in the company, valued at $1,276,616.77. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Stephan B. Tanda sold 32,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $147.56, for a total transaction of $4,721,920.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 174,118 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,692,852.08. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 49,457 shares of company stock worth $7,314,030. 1.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of AptarGroup

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ATR. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of AptarGroup by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 666,510 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $82,398,000 after buying an additional 8,534 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AptarGroup by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 5,017 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $620,000 after buying an additional 329 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in AptarGroup in the 4th quarter worth approximately $89,855,000. UBS Group AG boosted its stake in AptarGroup by 9.6% in the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 58,423 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $7,222,000 after purchasing an additional 5,110 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in AptarGroup by 7.8% in the 4th quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,879 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $480,000 after purchasing an additional 282 shares in the last quarter. 88.52% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.