Aptargroup, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Aptargroup, Inc. had return on equity of 15.3%, an operating margin of 13.3%, debt equal to 55.6% of equity and a current ratio of 1.62. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | — | 27.2% | 27.0% | 25.9% | 26.4% | 26.8% | 29.3% | 29.5% | 29.3% | 28.8% | 30.6% | 30.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 12.8% | 12.2% | 11.0% | 11.3% | 11.8% | 14.0% | 13.5% | 13.1% | 10.4% | 13.0% | 11.6% | 10.8% | 11.4% | 11.6% | 13.9% | 13.3% | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 8.3% | 7.8% | 6.9% | 6.8% | 7.4% | 8.6% | 8.8% | 8.9% | 7.0% | 8.5% | 7.3% | 7.6% | 7.2% | 8.2% | 10.5% | 10.4% | 6.7% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.0% | 6.8% | 3.5% | 6.0% | 5.3% | 5.9% | 7.5% | 8.4% | 6.8% | 3.7% | 9.5% | 11.1% | 1.7% | 5.1% | 7.5% | 10.2% | 7.9% | 7.4% |
| Return on equity | 9.9% | 13.7% | 14.3% | 12.2% | 12.0% | 14.8% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 14.2% | 16.2% | 12.5% | 12.8% | 11.9% | 13.0% | 15.7% | 15.3% | 10.1% |
| Return on assets | 6.4% | 8.7% | 8.8% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 7.8% | 8.2% | 8.2% | 7.7% | 6.0% | 7.0% | 5.7% | 6.0% | 5.7% | 6.6% | 8.4% | 8.1% | 5.2% |
| Asset turnover | 0.95 | 1.05 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 0.77 |
| Current ratio | 2.26 | 2.51 | 2.20 | 2.28 | 2.21 | 2.01 | 3.14 | 2.34 | 3.16 | 1.93 | 1.89 | 1.75 | 1.38 | 1.56 | 1.24 | 1.38 | 1.62 | 1.50 |
| Debt to equity | 27.0% | 27.7% | 34.0% | 31.0% | 33.4% | 76.2% | 71.2% | 80.6% | 95.9% | 90.7% | 76.1% | 63.4% | 60.8% | 57.2% | 49.4% | 41.5% | 55.6% | 52.6% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 12.0x | 18.6x | 16.6x | 13.7x | 13.9x | 14.6x | 9.4x | 8.9x | 8.0x | 8.8x | 10.5x | 10.2x | 11.5x | 9.3x | 10.0x | 11.3x | 9.5x | 7.2x |
| Effective tax rate | 32.3% | 31.8% | 33.2% | 32.7% | 35.0% | 33.1% | 32.3% | 26.7% | 25.4% | 26.8% | 29.2% | 28.9% | 24.3% | 28.4% | 24.2% | 20.3% | 20.1% | 25.7% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.8% | — |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 7.8% | 5.7% | 7.6% | 7.4% | 6.0% | 6.2% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 6.3% | 7.6% | 8.5% | 8.4% | 9.5% | 9.3% | 9.0% | 7.7% | 7.2% | 7.0% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 119.3% | 82.4% | 44.3% | 86.0% | 78.3% | 80.6% | 87.5% | 95.5% | 76.4% | 52.6% | 112.4% | 151.5% | 22.7% | 70.3% | 92.4% | 98.0% | 76.3% | 110.3% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 32.6% | 25.6% | 29.0% | 35.9% | 38.5% | 37.1% | 35.7% | 37.3% | 36.3% | 42.3% | 37.2% | 43.3% | 40.4% | 41.6% | 36.4% | 30.5% | 30.8% | 46.2% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 47.5% | 91.6% | 191.6% | 98.9% | 137.4% | 266.6% | 40.8% | 39.0% | 119.3% | 84.2% | 64.9% | 28.6% | 318.3% | 113.9% | 57.5% | 49.8% | 162.2% | 162.4% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.2% | 12.8% | 14.9% | 14.2% | 11.0% | 10.9% | 12.3% | 13.2% |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 8.9% | 11.6% | 13.3% | 7.7% | 7.4% | 8.5% | 3.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.2% | 2.9% | 6.5% | 11.9% | 10.1% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 9.7% |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 1.25 | 1.21 | 1.19 | 1.62 | 1.66 | 1.61 | 1.50 |
| Debt to equity | 35.0% | 28.4% | 29.6% | 33.0% | 49.6% | 50.7% | 50.8% | 48.0% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.8bn of assets due within a year against $1.2bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $204m of cash against $1.3bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 48% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 65% to 48% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $573m of operating cash flow against $1.3bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $475m against $66m of interest.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Aptargroup's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 8 / 20
Net income has been a median 6.2% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 11 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 29.0%, moving by 1.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 13 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 11.8%; its worst year was 10.8%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 7.6% of revenue.
- Discipline 18 / 20
The diluted share count fell 4.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.2% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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