Amundi Purchases 15,106 Shares of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR)

Amundi increased its position in shares of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR - Free Report) by 42.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 50,926 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 15,106 shares during the period. Amundi owned about 0.07% of Energizer worth $1,823,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Inceptionr LLC increased its holdings in Energizer by 29.0% in the 4th quarter. Inceptionr LLC now owns 19,700 shares of the company's stock valued at $687,000 after buying an additional 4,424 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in Energizer in the fourth quarter valued at about $11,718,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in Energizer in the fourth quarter worth about $411,000. NewSquare Capital LLC bought a new position in Energizer during the fourth quarter worth about $3,783,000. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Energizer by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 965,310 shares of the company's stock valued at $33,680,000 after purchasing an additional 33,739 shares in the last quarter. 93.74% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Energizer Trading Down 1.4 %

ENR stock traded down $0.42 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $29.46. The stock had a trading volume of 968,420 shares, compared to its average volume of 567,022. The firm has a market cap of $2.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.30 and a beta of 1.09. Energizer Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $26.92 and a twelve month high of $39.52. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.17. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $32.11 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $33.12.

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Energizer (NYSE:ENR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.03. Energizer had a net margin of 2.02% and a return on equity of 168.16%. The company had revenue of $731.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $726.23 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.59 EPS. Energizer's revenue was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that Energizer Holdings, Inc. will post 3.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Energizer Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 20th were paid a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 20th. Energizer's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 151.90%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently commented on ENR shares. Royal Bank of Canada restated a "sector perform" rating and set a $38.00 target price on shares of Energizer in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. UBS Group cut their price objective on Energizer from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 16th. StockNews.com cut shares of Energizer from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of Energizer from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $38.38.

Energizer Company Profile

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.