Zacks Research Forecasts Amcor’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:AMCR)

Amcor plc (NYSE:AMCR) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Amcor in a report released on Thursday, November 14th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.16 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.18. The consensus estimate for Amcor’s current full-year earnings is $0.74 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Amcor’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.21 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.74 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.17 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.23 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.18 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.81 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on AMCR. Citigroup upped their price objective on Amcor from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Amcor from $10.00 to $11.10 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 13th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price objective on shares of Amcor from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, August 16th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Amcor from $10.50 to $10.80 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $10.94.

Amcor Stock Performance

AMCR stock opened at $10.16 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 1.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80. The firm has a market cap of $14.68 billion, a PE ratio of 19.16, a P/E/G ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 0.85. The business has a 50 day moving average of $10.90 and a 200-day moving average of $10.50. Amcor has a 12-month low of $8.78 and a 12-month high of $11.48.

Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.16. The business had revenue of $3.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.33 billion. Amcor had a net margin of 5.68% and a return on equity of 25.60%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.16 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in Amcor by 40.5% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 26,824 shares of the company’s stock valued at $294,000 after acquiring an additional 7,729 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Amcor by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 36,317,037 shares of the company’s stock valued at $410,144,000 after purchasing an additional 697,320 shares during the period. Barclays PLC raised its stake in shares of Amcor by 31.8% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 4,544,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,484,000 after purchasing an additional 1,096,664 shares during the period. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio purchased a new stake in Amcor during the 3rd quarter worth about $5,919,000. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI boosted its stake in Amcor by 85.9% in the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 738,733 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,370,000 after purchasing an additional 341,270 shares during the period. 45.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Amcor Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 21st will be issued a dividend of $0.1275 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 21st. This is an increase from Amcor’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. This represents a $0.51 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.02%. Amcor’s dividend payout ratio is 96.23%.

About Amcor

Amcor plc develops, produces, and sells packaging products in Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, and the Asia Pacific regions. The company operates through two segments, Flexibles and Rigid Packaging. The Flexibles segment provides flexible and film packaging products in the food and beverage, medical and pharmaceutical, fresh produce, snack food, personal care, and other industries.