AptarGroup, Inc. $ATR Shares Bought by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS lifted its holdings in shares of AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) by 6.8% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 16,968 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,073 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS’s holdings in AptarGroup were worth $2,654,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of ATR. Banque Transatlantique SA purchased a new stake in AptarGroup during the 1st quarter worth approximately $41,728,000. Fiduciary Management Inc. WI boosted its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 40.8% during the 1st quarter. Fiduciary Management Inc. WI now owns 767,636 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $113,902,000 after buying an additional 222,577 shares during the last quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. grew its position in shares of AptarGroup by 16.4% during the second quarter. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. now owns 1,400,757 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $219,120,000 after buying an additional 197,214 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of AptarGroup in the first quarter worth $21,549,000. Finally, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. acquired a new stake in AptarGroup in the first quarter valued at $17,909,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.52% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ATR has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. KeyCorp began coverage on shares of AptarGroup in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They set an “overweight” rating and a $220.00 price objective for the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AptarGroup in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Zacks Research cut AptarGroup from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Friday, November 14th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on AptarGroup from $152.00 to $133.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on AptarGroup from $160.00 to $145.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $168.60.

AptarGroup Stock Performance

Shares of ATR stock opened at $118.03 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $7.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.31, a PEG ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 0.55. The business has a 50 day moving average of $127.37 and a two-hundred day moving average of $142.45. AptarGroup, Inc. has a 52 week low of $103.23 and a 52 week high of $174.10. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.57 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $961.13 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $950.55 million. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 15.39% and a net margin of 10.84%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.49 EPS. AptarGroup has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.28 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that AptarGroup, Inc. will post 5.57 EPS for the current year.

AptarGroup Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 23rd were paid a $0.48 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 23rd. This is a positive change from AptarGroup’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.6%. AptarGroup’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 30.72%.

Insider Buying and Selling at AptarGroup

In other news, insider Gael Touya sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $136.12, for a total transaction of $340,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 31,463 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,282,743.56. This represents a 7.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Shiela Vinczeller sold 1,167 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 5th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at approximately $3,467,737.98. This trade represents a 4.44% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders own 0.68% of the company’s stock.

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.