In the past week, ATR stock has gone up by 0.77%, with a monthly decline of -2.11% and a quarterly surge of 6.80%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.19%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.23% for Aptargroup Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -0.10% for ATR’s stock, with a 8.43% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Aptargroup Inc. (NYSE: ATR) Right Now?
Aptargroup Inc. (NYSE: ATR) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.99x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for ATR is 0.58. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 rating it as “overweight,” 6 rating it as “hold,” and 1 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for ATR is 65.70M and currently, short sellers hold a 0.50% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of ATR on April 26, 2024 was 308.82K shares.
ATR) stock’s latest price update
Aptargroup Inc. (NYSE: ATR) has seen a rise in its stock price by 0.12 in relation to its previous close of 140.01. However, the company has experienced a 0.77% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. Zacks Investment Research reported 2024-04-25 that AptarGroup (ATR) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.26 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.13 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.95 per share a year ago.
Analysts’ Opinion of ATR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for ATR stocks, with Robert W. Baird repeating the rating for ATR by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for ATR in the upcoming period, according to Robert W. Baird is $150 based on the research report published on January 03, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Robert W. Baird gave a rating of “Neutral” to ATR, setting the target price at $150 in the report published on April 14th of the previous year.
ATR Trading at -0.29% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought ATR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -3.56% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.23%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.19%, as shares sank -3.10% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +3.13% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, ATR rose by +0.77%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +21.36% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $140.10. In addition, Aptargroup Inc. saw 13.40% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at ATR starting from Kampouri Monnas Giovanna, who sale 2,000 shares at the price of $142.45 back on Mar 12 ’24. After this action, Kampouri Monnas Giovanna now owns 9,648 shares of Aptargroup Inc., valued at $284,906 using the latest closing price.
Touya Gael, the Segment President of Aptargroup Inc., sale 3,500 shares at $142.84 during a trade that took place back on Mar 11 ’24, which means that Touya Gael is holding 33,426 shares at $499,932 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for ATR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.12 for the present operating margin
- 0.36 for the gross margin
The net margin for Aptargroup Inc. stands at 0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.13. Equity return is now at value 13.05, with 6.57 for asset returns.
Based on Aptargroup Inc. (ATR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.34 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.49. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.51. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 10.0.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 707.43 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.36. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.94. The receivables turnover for the company is 5.15for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.78. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.24.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Aptargroup Inc. (ATR) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
