Energizer (NYSE:ENR) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Energizer (NYSE:ENR - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.450-3.650 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.540. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.9 billion-$2.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.0 billion. Energizer also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.45 to $3.65 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have commented on ENR. Truist Financial upped their price objective on Energizer from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. StockNews.com upgraded Energizer from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday. UBS Group dropped their price objective on Energizer from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Barclays cut Energizer from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and lifted their price target for the company from $34.00 to $36.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Energizer from $33.00 to $36.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $38.38.

Energizer Stock Down 0.2 %

ENR traded down $0.07 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $32.07. 329,261 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 566,843. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 23.51, a current ratio of 1.80 and a quick ratio of 1.00. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $35.47 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $33.06. The company has a market cap of $2.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 61.68 and a beta of 1.06. Energizer has a fifty-two week low of $26.92 and a fifty-two week high of $39.51.

Energizer (NYSE:ENR - Get Free Report) last released 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 return on equity of 155.40% and a net margin of 1.32%. The business had revenue of $731.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $726.23 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.59 earnings per share. The company's revenue was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts forecast that Energizer will post 3.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Energizer Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 20th will be paid a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.74%. Energizer's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 230.77%.

Insider Activity at Energizer

In other news, EVP Robin Vauth sold 1,978 shares of Energizer stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $35.97, for a total value of $71,148.66. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 5,758 shares in the company, valued at approximately $207,115.26. This trade represents a 25.57 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, VP Sara B. Hampton sold 2,812 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.49, for a total value of $108,233.88. Following the transaction, the vice president now owns 4,635 shares in the company, valued at $178,401.15. This trade represents a 37.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 8,860 shares of company stock valued at $334,694 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.98% of the company's stock.

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.