Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS Grows Holdings in AptarGroup, Inc. $ATR

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS lifted its position in shares of AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) by 6.8% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 16,968 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after buying 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 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Allianz Asset Management GmbH boosted its position in AptarGroup by 24.2% during the first quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 4,404 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $653,000 after acquiring an additional 858 shares during the last quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH purchased a new stake in shares of AptarGroup in the first quarter valued at $4,835,000. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS increased its stake in AptarGroup by 2.5% in the first quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS now owns 16,400 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,433,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Burney Co. acquired a new position in AptarGroup in the first quarter valued at $247,000. Finally, AE Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in AptarGroup by 15.2% during the first quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 182,702 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $27,109,000 after buying an additional 24,047 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 88.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ATR has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AptarGroup in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of AptarGroup from $152.00 to $133.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 3rd. KeyCorp assumed coverage on shares of AptarGroup in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They set an “overweight” rating and a $220.00 price target for the company. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $172.00 price target (down previously from $182.00) on shares of AptarGroup in a report on Monday, August 4th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered their price objective on shares of AptarGroup from $160.00 to $145.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $168.60.

AptarGroup Trading Down 1.1%

NYSE ATR opened at $118.03 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.31, a PEG ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 0.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 1.21. AptarGroup, Inc. has a one year low of $103.23 and a one year high of $174.10. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $127.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $142.45.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 company had revenue of $961.13 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $950.55 million. AptarGroup had a net margin of 10.84% and a return on equity of 15.39%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.49 earnings per share. AptarGroup has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.28 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that AptarGroup, Inc. will post 5.57 EPS for the current year.

AptarGroup Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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 is a boost from AptarGroup’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, October 23rd. AptarGroup’s payout ratio is presently 30.72%.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Gael Touya sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $136.12, for a total value 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 trade represents a 7.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Shiela Vinczeller sold 1,167 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $137.97, for a total value of $161,010.99. Following the sale, the insider owned 25,134 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,467,737.98. The trade was a 4.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.68% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.