Energizer (NYSE:ENR) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.45-3.65 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.53. Energizer also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.450-3.650 EPS.

Energizer Price Performance

Shares of ENR stock opened at $37.67 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $31.99 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $30.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 23.51, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.80. Energizer has a 52-week low of $26.92 and a 52-week high of $39.21. The stock has a market cap of $2.70 billion, a PE ratio of 72.44 and a beta of 1.04.

Energizer Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 12th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 27th will be issued a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. Energizer’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 230.77%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently issued reports on ENR. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their target price on Energizer from $32.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of Energizer from $33.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Evercore ISI reduced their target price on shares of Energizer from $42.00 to $40.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on Energizer from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Energizer from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $32.00 to $39.00 in a research report on Wednesday. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $37.63.

Insider Transactions at Energizer

In related news, EVP Robin Vauth sold 1,978 shares of Energizer stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.97, for a total transaction of $71,148.66. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 5,758 shares in the company, valued at approximately $207,115.26. This trade represents a 25.57 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.77% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Energizer

Energizer Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes household batteries, specialty batteries, and lighting products worldwide. It offers lithium, alkaline, carbon zinc, nickel metal hydride, zinc air, and silver oxide batteries under the Energizer, Eveready, and Rayovac brands; primary, rechargeable, specialty, and hearing aid batteries; and handheld, headlights, lanterns, and area lights, as well as flashlights under the Hard Case, Dolphin, and WeatherReady brands.