Energizer (NYSE:ENR) Updates FY25 Earnings Guidance

Energizer (NYSE:ENR - Get Free Report) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.45 to $3.65 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.53. The company issued revenue guidance of +1 to +2% yr/yr or $2.916 billion to $2.945 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.92 billion. Energizer also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.450-3.650 EPS.

Energizer Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of ENR traded down $0.07 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $32.07. 468,555 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 523,957. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.17, a current ratio of 1.80 and a quick ratio of 1.00. Energizer has a 52 week low of $26.92 and a 52 week high of $39.51. The company has a market cap of $2.32 billion, a PE ratio of 40.60 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $35.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of $33.07.

Energizer (NYSE:ENR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $731.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $726.23 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.59 EPS. The company's revenue was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts forecast that Energizer will post 3.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Energizer Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be paid a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.74%. Energizer's dividend payout ratio is 151.90%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ENR has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Energizer from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Barclays lowered Energizer from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and upped their price objective for the company from $34.00 to $36.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Energizer from $33.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. UBS Group dropped their price target on Energizer from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a "sector perform" rating and set a $38.00 price objective on shares of Energizer in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $38.38.

Insider Buying and Selling at Energizer

In other news, EVP Robin Vauth sold 4,070 shares of Energizer stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.16, for a total value of $155,311.20. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 9,827 shares in the company, valued at approximately $374,998.32. The trade was a 29.29 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, VP Sara B. Hampton sold 2,812 shares of the 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 sale, the vice president now directly owns 4,635 shares in the company, valued at approximately $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 a total of 8,860 shares of company stock valued at $334,694 in the last ninety days. 0.98% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.