AptarGroup (ATR) reported $962.74 million in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 13.5%. EPS of $1.25 for the same period compares to $1.52 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +8.19% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $889.87 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.24, the EPS surprise was +1.22%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how AptarGroup performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Aptar Beauty: $341.11 million versus $287.73 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +24.5% change.
- Net Sales- Aptar Closures: $181.61 million compared to the $183.6 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.8% year over year.
- Net Sales- Aptar Pharma: $440.02 million compared to the $431.39 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +9.8% year over year.
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Shares of AptarGroup have returned +7.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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