What is William Blair’s Estimate for AptarGroup Q1 Earnings?

AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) – William Blair decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for AptarGroup in a report released on Monday, February 10th. William Blair analyst M. Larew now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.16 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.34. The consensus estimate for AptarGroup’s current full-year earnings is $5.95 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for AptarGroup’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.42 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.42 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.63 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.78 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.63 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on ATR. Dbs Bank upgraded AptarGroup from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Raymond James restated an “outperform” rating and set a $190.00 price objective (down previously from $200.00) on shares of AptarGroup in a research note on Monday. StockNews.com lowered AptarGroup from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of AptarGroup from $180.00 to $170.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on shares of AptarGroup from $185.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, AptarGroup presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $181.60.

AptarGroup Price Performance

ATR opened at $141.55 on Wednesday. AptarGroup has a twelve month low of $134.57 and a twelve month high of $178.03. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32. The firm has a market cap of $9.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.55, a PEG ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $158.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $159.03.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The industrial products company reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.24. AptarGroup had a net margin of 10.45% and a return on equity of 15.62%.

AptarGroup Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 5th. AptarGroup’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 32.49%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other AptarGroup news, EVP Kimberly Chainey sold 964 shares of AptarGroup stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $168.83, for a total value of $162,752.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 7,848 shares in the company, valued at $1,324,977.84. The trade was a 10.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of AptarGroup

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. CIBC Asset Management Inc grew its stake in AptarGroup by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 1,977 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $317,000 after buying an additional 68 shares during the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of AptarGroup by 12.5% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 650 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $102,000 after acquiring an additional 72 shares during the period. Commerce Bank lifted its position in AptarGroup by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 2,349 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $376,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC boosted its stake in AptarGroup by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 3,315 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $531,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the period. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in AptarGroup by 9.3% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 961 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $154,000 after purchasing an additional 82 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 88.52% of the company’s stock.

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.