TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in AptarGroup, Inc. $ATR

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its stake in AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) by 6.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 19,689 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,271 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.’s holdings in AptarGroup were worth $3,128,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ATR. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC grew its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 1.9% in the second quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 5,337 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $835,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Simplex Trading LLC boosted its holdings in 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 acquiring an additional 116 shares during the period. Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC grew its position in AptarGroup by 7.8% in the second quarter. Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC now owns 1,910 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $299,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares in the last quarter. Portside Wealth Group LLC raised its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 8.3% during the second quarter. Portside Wealth Group LLC now owns 1,963 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $307,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the period. Finally, Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of AptarGroup by 4.4% during the second quarter. Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 3,660 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $573,000 after purchasing an additional 153 shares during the period. 88.52% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have commented on ATR. William Blair lowered shares of AptarGroup from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. 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 research note on Monday, August 4th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on AptarGroup from $152.00 to $133.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Robert W. Baird dropped their price objective on AptarGroup from $160.00 to $145.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AptarGroup in a research report on Wednesday. Four investment 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, AptarGroup has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $168.60.

AptarGroup Trading Up 2.5%

Shares of ATR stock opened at $121.59 on Friday. AptarGroup, Inc. has a 1 year low of $103.23 and a 1 year high of $174.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.98 billion, a PE ratio of 20.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 0.55. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $126.72 and a two-hundred day moving average of $142.08. 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 (NYSE:ATR) last released its 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. AptarGroup had a return on equity of 15.39% and a net margin of 10.84%.The firm had revenue of $961.13 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $950.55 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.49 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. AptarGroup has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.200-1.28 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that AptarGroup, Inc. will post 5.57 EPS for the current year.

AptarGroup Increases Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other 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 value of $161,010.99. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 25,134 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,467,737.98. This trade represents a 4.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Gael Touya sold 2,500 shares of AptarGroup stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 11th. The shares were 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 $4,282,743.56. This represents a 7.36% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Company 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.