Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.150-3.150 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.180. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on EPC. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $33.00 to $30.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $40.00 to $36.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $35.00 to $32.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $50.00 to $40.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $37.00 to $35.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $36.57.

Edgewell Personal Care Price Performance

EPC stock traded up $0.71 during trading on Thursday, hitting $29.72. 549,871 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 553,758. Edgewell Personal Care has a 52 week low of $26.65 and a 52 week high of $41.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.16 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 business has a fifty day simple moving average of $33.27 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.55.

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.13 by ($0.06). Edgewell Personal Care had a net margin of 4.38% and a return on equity of 9.78%. As a group, research analysts expect that Edgewell Personal Care will post 3.19 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Edgewell Personal Care Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 5th. Edgewell Personal Care's dividend payout ratio is currently 30.61%.

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.