Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.05 EPS

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported $0.72 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.05, Briefing.com reports. The business had revenue of $517.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $535.23 million. Edgewell Personal Care had a net margin of 5.26% and a return on equity of 9.92%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.72 EPS. Edgewell Personal Care updated its FY25 guidance to $3.15-3.35 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 3.150-3.350 EPS.

Edgewell Personal Care Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of EPC traded down $0.25 during trading on Friday, reaching $36.16. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 482,697 shares, compared to its average volume of 395,873. Edgewell Personal Care has a twelve month low of $33.27 and a twelve month high of $41.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The company has a market cap of $1.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.43 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a fifty day moving average of $36.08 and a two-hundred day moving average of $38.06.

Edgewell Personal Care Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 3rd. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.66%. Edgewell Personal Care’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.42%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on EPC. UBS Group reduced their price objective on Edgewell Personal Care from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 7th. Barclays decreased their price target on Edgewell Personal Care from $40.00 to $37.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on Edgewell Personal Care from $50.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, StockNews.com cut Edgewell Personal Care from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, September 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $41.00.

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.