Here's Why AptarGroup (ATR) is a Strong Value Stock
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Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock
Value investors love finding good stocks at good prices, especially before the broader market catches on to a stock's true value. Utilizing ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow, the Value Style Score identifies the most attractive and most discounted stocks.
AptarGroup (ATR)
Headquartered in Crystal Lake, IL, AptarGroup is a global supplier of a broad range of innovative dispensing, sealing, and active packaging solutions for the beauty, personal care, home care, prescription drug, consumer health care, injectables, food and beverage markets. Its main products include dispensing pumps, closures, aerosol valves, and elastomeric primary packaging components. The company has manufacturing facilities across the globe including North America, Europe, Asia, and South America. Its primary products are dispensing pumps, closures, aerosol valves, and elastomeric primary packaging components.
ATR sits at a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), holds a Value Style Score of B, and has a VGM Score of A. Compared to the Containers - Paper and Packaging industry's P/E of 12.7X, shares of AptarGroup are trading at a forward P/E of 27.7X. ATR also has a PEG Ratio of 4, a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 15.5X, and a Price/Sales ratio of 2.3X.
Many value investors pay close attention to a company's earnings as well. For ATR, two analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.02 to $4.17 per share for 2023. Per share ATR boasts an average earnings surprise of 6.4%.
Investors should take the time to consider ATR for their portfolios due to its solid Zacks Ranks, notable earnings and valuation metrics, and impressive Value and VGM Style Scores.
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