Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of Amcor Q3 Earnings

Amcor plc (NYSE:AMCR) – Analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Amcor in a report released on Tuesday, February 18th. Zacks Research analyst M. Das now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.19 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.20. The consensus estimate for Amcor’s current full-year earnings is $0.74 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Amcor’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.22 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.73 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.19 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.24 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.79 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. UBS Group raised Amcor from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Bank of America raised Amcor from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $12.50 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Truist Financial raised Amcor from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $10.00 to $12.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Macquarie raised Amcor from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised Amcor from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Amcor has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $11.46.

Amcor Stock Up 1.8 %

AMCR opened at $10.38 on Thursday. Amcor has a fifty-two week low of $8.80 and a fifty-two week high of $11.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 1.26. The company has a market capitalization of $15.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.87, a P/E/G ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $9.72 and a 200-day moving average of $10.42.

Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.16. Amcor had a return on equity of 26.14% and a net margin of 5.89%. The company had revenue of $3.24 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.33 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.09 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was down .3% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Barclays PLC grew its position in Amcor by 31.8% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 4,544,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,484,000 after acquiring an additional 1,096,664 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its position in Amcor by 39.3% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 719,749 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,162,000 after acquiring an additional 203,166 shares during the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC grew its position in Amcor by 24.5% in the third quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 634,631 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,190,000 after acquiring an additional 124,945 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its position in Amcor by 78.7% in the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 217,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,464,000 after acquiring an additional 95,805 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio bought a new position in Amcor in the third quarter valued at about $5,919,000. Institutional investors own 45.14% of the company’s stock.

Amcor Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 18th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 26th will be given a $0.1275 dividend. This represents a $0.51 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.91%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 26th. Amcor’s dividend payout ratio is presently 92.73%.

Amcor Company Profile

Amcor plc develops, produces, and sells packaging products in Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, and the Asia Pacific regions. The company operates through two segments, Flexibles and Rigid Packaging. The Flexibles segment provides flexible and film packaging products in the food and beverage, medical and pharmaceutical, fresh produce, snack food, personal care, and other industries.