AptarGroup price target raised to $185 from $168 at Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo raised the firm’s price target on AptarGroup to $185 from $168 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. Discussing the packaging and containers industry ahead of quarterly results, the firm says that while it believes Q3 demand improved sequentially, Wells doesn’t expect anything heroic given caution from both consumers and industrial sectors. The firm thinks the worst is now behind, but says its base case remains more muted, as it assumes volumes trend flat, rather than +low single-digits for the full year, and recovery likely pushed out to the first half of 2025. Wells keeps AptarGroup (ATR), Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMBP), and Crown Holdings (CCK) as its top picks into Q3.