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AptarGroup

ATR
41
Medical - Instruments & Supplies · Healthcare
Price
$132.61
-2.14 (-1.59%)
Market Cap
$8.46B
Winston Score
41
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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

1.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 67.7M (2021) → 66.7M (2025)

AptarGroup makes the small but important parts that dispense products — things like pumps, valves, and caps that let you spray perfume, squirt lotion, or inhale medicine. Its customers include pharmaceutical companies, beauty brands, and food and beverage makers who need reliable, precise dispensing packaging. AptarGroup is one of the largest dispensing system manufacturers in the world, with a particularly strong position in drug delivery devices like inhalers and nasal spray pumps.

The company earns revenue by selling these dispensing components directly to manufacturers, who build them into their finished products. AptarGroup operates globally, with significant business across North America, Europe, and Asia, and generates roughly $3.5 billion in annual sales. Its moat comes from deep engineering relationships with customers and the high cost of switching suppliers, especially in regulated pharmaceutical applications where devices must be re-approved by regulators if changed. The key growth driver is expanding its pharmaceutical segment, though rising raw material costs and pricing pressure from large consumer goods customers remain ongoing risks.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

-5.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$105M/ year

2.8% of revenue

Below sector average (18%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.0%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$223M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

AptarGroup is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 11%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
28.1%
Modest — 28.1% gross margin
Operating Margin
11.1%
Modest — 11.1% operating margin
ROCE
2.7%
Weak — 2.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+8.9%
Steady sales growth (8.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
+5.9%
Modest earnings growth (5.9% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
157%
Turns 157% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
8.4%
Modest free cash flow (8.4%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.52
Conservative — low debt load (0.52)
Interest Cover
8.65x
Comfortably covers interest (8.6x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
22.4x
Growth-priced — P/E 22.4

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+0.6
GROWING
Earnings roughly flat

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.57%
Small dividend — 1.57% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+5.0%
Dividend growing modestly (5.0% YoY)

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