Focus Partners Wealth Has $9.77 Million Stock Holdings in AptarGroup, Inc. $ATR

Focus Partners Wealth boosted its stake in shares of AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) by 94.4% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 65,871 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 31,985 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth owned 0.10% of AptarGroup worth $9,774,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Simplex Trading LLC boosted its position in AptarGroup by 107.4% during the first quarter. Simplex Trading LLC now owns 224 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 116 shares during the last quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. boosted its position in 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 purchasing an additional 348 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its position in AptarGroup by 116.9% during the first quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 603 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 325 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in AptarGroup by 10.4% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 47,234 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $6,794,000 after purchasing an additional 4,451 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its position in AptarGroup by 18.0% during the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 2,837 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $421,000 after purchasing an additional 433 shares during the last quarter. 88.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other AptarGroup news, insider Shiela Vinczeller sold 1,167 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.97, for a total transaction of $161,010.99. Following the transaction, the insider owned 25,134 shares in the company, valued at $3,467,737.98. This trade represents a 4.44% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Gael Touya sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.12, for a total value of $340,300.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 31,463 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,282,743.56. This trade represents a 7.36% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.68% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

AptarGroup Price Performance

Shares of NYSE ATR opened at $135.42 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $8.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. AptarGroup, Inc. has a 1-year low of $130.85 and a 1-year high of $178.03. The business’s 50 day moving average is $146.27 and its 200-day moving average is $148.90.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The industrial products company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $966.01 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $954.06 million. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 15.39% and a net margin of 10.84%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.41 earnings per share. AptarGroup has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.530-1.610 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that AptarGroup, Inc. will post 5.57 earnings per share for the current year.

AptarGroup Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. This is an increase from AptarGroup’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 23rd. AptarGroup’s dividend payout ratio is 30.98%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. KeyCorp assumed coverage on AptarGroup in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $220.00 price objective for the company. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on AptarGroup from $153.00 to $152.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $172.00 price objective (down from $182.00) on shares of AptarGroup in a research report on Monday, August 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $182.00.

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.