Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC Acquires 38,969 Shares of AptarGroup, Inc. $ATR

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC boosted its holdings in AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) by 28.8% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 174,308 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 38,969 shares during the quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC’s holdings in AptarGroup were worth $27,267,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of ATR. Allianz Asset Management GmbH grew its position in shares of AptarGroup by 24.2% in the first quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 4,404 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $653,000 after purchasing an additional 858 shares in the last quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new position in AptarGroup in the 1st quarter worth about $4,835,000. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS grew its holdings in AptarGroup by 2.5% during the 1st quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS now owns 16,400 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,433,000 after buying an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Burney Co. purchased a new position in AptarGroup during the 1st quarter valued at about $247,000. Finally, Avantax Advisory Services Inc. increased its position in shares of AptarGroup by 18.2% during the first quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 2,256 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $335,000 after buying an additional 348 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 88.52% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at AptarGroup

In other news, insider Gael Touya sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.12, for a total value of $340,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 31,463 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,282,743.56. The trade was a 7.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Shiela Vinczeller sold 1,167 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $137.97, for a total transaction of $161,010.99. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 25,134 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,467,737.98. This trade represents a 4.44% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Company insiders own 0.68% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ATR has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. William Blair lowered shares of AptarGroup from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Robert W. Baird cut their price target on shares of AptarGroup from $160.00 to $145.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Zacks Research lowered shares of AptarGroup from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, November 14th. KeyCorp started coverage on AptarGroup in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $220.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AptarGroup in a research report on Wednesday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $168.60.

AptarGroup Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ATR opened at $121.59 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $126.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $142.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 0.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.93, a PEG ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 0.55. AptarGroup, Inc. has a one year low of $103.23 and a one year high of $174.10.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $961.13 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $950.55 million. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 15.39% and a net margin of 10.84%.The company’s revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.49 earnings per share. AptarGroup has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.28 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that AptarGroup, Inc. will post 5.57 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AptarGroup Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.48 per share. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%. This is a boost from AptarGroup’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 23rd. AptarGroup’s payout ratio is 30.72%.

AptarGroup 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.