Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.13 by ($0.06), Zacks reports. Edgewell Personal Care had a return on equity of 9.78% and a net margin of 4.38%. Edgewell Personal Care updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.150-3.150 EPS.

Edgewell Personal Care Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of EPC stock opened at $28.57 on Wednesday. Edgewell Personal Care has a 52-week low of $26.65 and a 52-week high of $41.50. The stock has a market cap of $1.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.58 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.66. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $33.60 and a 200-day moving average of $35.63.

Edgewell Personal Care Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 5th will be paid a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 5th. Edgewell Personal Care’s dividend payout ratio is 30.61%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently commented on EPC shares. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $48.00 to $43.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $33.00 to $30.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $37.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $40.00 to $36.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $35.00 to $32.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Edgewell Personal Care has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $36.57.

Edgewell Personal Care Company Profile

Edgewell Personal Care Company is a manufacturer and marketer of personal care products in the wet shave, sun and skin care, feminine care and infant care categories. As of September 30, 2016, the Company had a portfolio of over 25 brands. It manages its business in four segments: Wet Shave, Sun and Skin Care, Feminine Care and All Other.