Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. Its Wet shave products are sold under the Schick, Wilkinson Sword, Edge, Skintimate, Shave Guard and Personna brand names. Its Sun and Skin Care products are sold under the Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic, Wet Ones and Playtex brand names and offers Wet Ones, portable hand wipes category, and Playtex household gloves, the branded household glove in the United States. Its Feminine Care segment markets its products under the Playtex, Stayfree, Carefree and o.b. brands and markets pads and liners. Its All Other segment includes infant care, pet care and miscellaneous other products.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $33.94 to $34.68
• 50-Day Range: $34.17 to $38.25
• 52-Week Range: $33.27 to $41.50
• Volume: 1.52 million shs
• Average Volume: 405,274 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.66 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.41
• Dividend Yield: 1.76%
• Price Target: $42.40
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Edgewell Personal Care Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Edgewell Personal Care scored higher than 70% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 68th out of 148 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Edgewell Personal Care has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Edgewell Personal Care has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.92%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Edgewell Personal Care are expected to grow by 5.92% in the coming year, from $3.21 to $3.40 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Edgewell Personal Care is 17.41, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 128.72.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Edgewell Personal Care is 17.41, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 21.96.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Edgewell Personal Care has a P/B Ratio of 1.06. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.22% of the float of Edgewell Personal Care has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Edgewell Personal Care has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Edgewell Personal Care has recently decreased by 10.18%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Edgewell Personal Care pays a meaningful dividend of 1.71%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Edgewell Personal Care does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Edgewell Personal Care is 30.61%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Edgewell Personal Care will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.65% next year. This indicates that Edgewell Personal Care will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.22% of the float of Edgewell Personal Care has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Edgewell Personal Care has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Edgewell Personal Care has recently decreased by 10.18%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.89

News Sentiment

Edgewell Personal Care has a news sentiment score of 1.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.74 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Edgewell Personal Care this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for EPC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Edgewell Personal Care insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.40% of the stock of Edgewell Personal Care is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

91.91% of the stock of Edgewell Personal Care is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

EPC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have EPC shares performed this year?

Edgewell Personal Care's stock was trading at $36.63 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EPC stock has decreased by 6.9% and is now trading at $34.12.
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How were Edgewell Personal Care's earnings last quarter?

Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE:EPC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The company reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.05. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Who are Edgewell Personal Care's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Edgewell Personal Care include State Street Corp (3.88%), Banco Santander S.A. (2.88%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.29%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.58%). Insiders that own company stock include John N Hill, Eric F O'toole and Anne-Sophie Gaget.
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How do I buy shares of Edgewell Personal Care?

Shares of EPC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Edgewell Personal Care own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Edgewell Personal Care investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Home Depot (HD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Netflix (NFLX) and Tesla (TSLA).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/3 Dividend: 9/04/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/03/2024
• Last Earnings: 11/07/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 1/8 Dividend: 12/03/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Dividend Payable: 1/08/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Toilet preparations
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NYSE:EPC
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1096752
• Web: www.edgewell.com
• Phone: 203-944-5500
• Fax: 314-985-2000
• Employees: 6,700
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $42.40
• High Stock Price Target: $53.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $36.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.60
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $1.96
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.41
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.63
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $98.60 million
• Net Margins: 4.38%
• Pretax Margin: 5.36%
• Return on Equity: 9.78%
• Return on Assets: 4.08%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.80
• Current Ratio: 1.66
• Quick Ratio: 0.81

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.25 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.74
• Cash Flow: $4.73 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.21
• Book Value: $32.13 per share
• Price / Book: 1.06

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 48,721,000
• Free Float: 47,552,000
• Market Cap: $1.66 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.88