Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) Updates FY25 Earnings Guidance

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC - Get Free Report) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.15-3.35 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.22. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$2.292-2.337 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.31 billion. Edgewell Personal Care also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.150-3.350 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently commented on EPC shares. UBS Group lowered their target price on Edgewell Personal Care from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. Truist Financial decreased their price target 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. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of 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. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of Edgewell Personal Care from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, September 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Edgewell Personal Care has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $41.00.

Edgewell Personal Care Price Performance

Shares of EPC stock traded up $0.06 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $36.41. 546,880 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 395,472. Edgewell Personal Care has a fifty-two week low of $33.27 and a fifty-two week high of $41.50. The firm has a market cap of $1.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.73 and a beta of 0.86. 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 firm has a 50 day moving average of $36.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $38.07.

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 6th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.21. Edgewell Personal Care had a net margin of 5.26% and a return on equity of 9.92%. The company had revenue of $647.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $649.67 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.98 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts forecast that Edgewell Personal Care will post 3 EPS for the current year.

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.