AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) CAO Daniel Ackerman Sells 15,000 Shares

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) CAO Daniel Ackerman sold 15,000 shares of AptarGroup stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $121.23, for a total transaction of $1,818,450.00. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 29,607 shares in the company, valued at $3,589,256.61. This represents a 33.63% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

AptarGroup Stock Up 0.6%

NYSE ATR traded up $0.73 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $122.20. 582,891 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 435,858. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $123.16 and its 200-day simple moving average is $138.30. The company has a market cap of $8.02 billion, a PE ratio of 19.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.24 and a beta of 0.50. AptarGroup, Inc. has a 52 week low of $103.23 and a 52 week high of $170.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 0.82.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $961.13 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $950.55 million. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 15.32% and a net margin of 11.45%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.49 EPS. AptarGroup has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.28 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that AptarGroup, Inc. will post 5.57 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ATR has been the topic of several recent research reports. William Blair cut AptarGroup from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AptarGroup in a report on Monday, December 8th. KeyCorp initiated coverage on shares of AptarGroup in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. They set an “overweight” rating and a $220.00 target price on the stock. Zacks Research downgraded shares of AptarGroup from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, November 14th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on AptarGroup from $152.00 to $133.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, AptarGroup currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $168.60.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd raised its stake in AptarGroup by 74.2% during the third quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 2,974 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $398,000 after buying an additional 1,267 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of AptarGroup by 3.9% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 554,168 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $74,072,000 after purchasing an additional 21,019 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new position in AptarGroup in the third quarter valued at $2,520,000. Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc. grew its stake in AptarGroup by 20.3% in the 3rd quarter. Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc. now owns 99,470 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $13,295,000 after buying an additional 16,815 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in AptarGroup by 2.8% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,923 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $524,000 after acquiring an additional 105 shares during the last quarter. 88.52% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.