CW Advisors LLC Trims Stock Holdings in AptarGroup, Inc. $ATR

CW Advisors LLC lowered its position in shares of AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) by 21.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 59,118 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 15,848 shares during the quarter. CW Advisors LLC owned about 0.09% of AptarGroup worth $9,248,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of ATR. Simplex Trading LLC grew its position in shares of AptarGroup by 107.4% in the 1st quarter. Simplex Trading LLC now owns 224 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 116 shares during the period. SVB Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in AptarGroup in the first quarter worth about $33,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in AptarGroup by 281.9% in the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 317 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $47,000 after purchasing an additional 234 shares during the period. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. increased its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 164.8% during the second quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 331 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $52,000 after purchasing an additional 206 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH purchased a new position in shares of AptarGroup during the second quarter valued at approximately $74,000. Institutional investors own 88.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ATR has been the topic of several recent research reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AptarGroup in a research note on Monday. Zacks Research cut AptarGroup from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Friday, November 14th. KeyCorp initiated coverage on AptarGroup in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $220.00 price target for the company. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on shares of AptarGroup from $160.00 to $145.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of AptarGroup from $152.00 to $133.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Four research 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $168.60.

Insider Activity at AptarGroup

In related news, insider Gael Touya sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.12, for a total transaction of $340,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.68% of the stock is owned by insiders.

AptarGroup Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:ATR opened at $122.01 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 1.19. The firm has a market cap of $8.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.25 and a beta of 0.50. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $124.84 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $140.15. AptarGroup, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $103.23 and a fifty-two week high of $174.10.

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

AptarGroup Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 23rd were issued a $0.48 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 23rd. This is an increase from AptarGroup’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%. AptarGroup’s dividend payout ratio is presently 30.72%.

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.