AptarGroup, Inc. $ATR Stake Boosted by Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC

Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC grew its position in shares of AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) by 13.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 387,318 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 44,501 shares during the quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC owned about 0.59% of AptarGroup worth $60,588,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at AptarGroup

In related news, insider Gael Touya sold 2,500 shares of the 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 completion of the transaction, the insider owned 31,463 shares in the company, valued at $4,282,743.56. This trade represents a 7.36% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Shiela Vinczeller sold 1,167 shares of AptarGroup stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the insider directly owned 25,134 shares in the company, valued at $3,467,737.98. This represents a 4.44% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Company insiders own 0.68% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently commented on ATR. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of AptarGroup in a research report on Tuesday. Zacks Research lowered AptarGroup from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. KeyCorp assumed coverage on shares of AptarGroup in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $220.00 price objective for the company. William Blair lowered shares of AptarGroup from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $172.00 target price (down previously from $182.00) on shares of AptarGroup in a research note on Monday, August 4th. 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $168.60.

AptarGroup Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of AptarGroup stock opened at $123.81 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $125.79 and a 200-day simple moving average of $141.27. AptarGroup, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $103.23 and a fifty-two week high of $174.10. The firm has a market cap of $8.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 0.55. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

AptarGroup (NYSE:ATR) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The industrial products company reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $950.55 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.49 earnings per share. AptarGroup’s 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, equities analysts forecast that AptarGroup, Inc. will post 5.57 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AptarGroup Increases Dividend

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

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.