Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) Receives "Sell (D+)" Rating from Weiss Ratings

Key Points

• Edgewell Personal Care's stock has received a "sell (D+)" rating from Weiss Ratings, indicating potential concerns about the company's future performance.
• The consensus rating on Edgewell Personal Care is "Hold"** with a target price of $28.29, suggesting mixed views among analysts.
• The company's recent quarterly earnings showed an EPS of $0.92, missing estimates by $0.09 and reflecting a 3.2% decline in revenue compared to the previous year.

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "sell (d+)" rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at Weiss Ratings in a research report issued on Wednesday,Weiss Ratings reports.

EPC has been the topic of several other research reports. Zacks Research raised Edgewell Personal Care from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on Edgewell Personal Care from $28.00 to $25.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 25th. Barclays lowered their price target on Edgewell Personal Care from $26.00 to $22.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Morgan Stanley raised Edgewell Personal Care from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and lowered their price target for the company from $26.00 to $23.00 in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, UBS Group lowered their price target on Edgewell Personal Care from $28.00 to $21.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $28.29.

Edgewell Personal Care Stock Performance

Shares of EPC stock traded up $0.06 on Wednesday, hitting $20.31. 387,786 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 778,298. The company has a current ratio of 1.77, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $943.60 million, a PE ratio of 15.04 and a beta of 0.83. Edgewell Personal Care has a one year low of $19.13 and a one year high of $38.44. The firm's 50 day moving average is $22.12 and its two-hundred day moving average is $25.60.

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The company reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.01 by ($0.09). The firm had revenue of $627.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $658.51 million. Edgewell Personal Care had a return on equity of 8.06% and a net margin of 2.94%.The firm's revenue was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.22 EPS. Edgewell Personal Care has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.650-2.650 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Edgewell Personal Care will post 3.16 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its stake in Edgewell Personal Care by 3.0% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 17,986 shares of the company's stock valued at $561,000 after buying an additional 517 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS raised its stake in Edgewell Personal Care by 4.6% during the second quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 12,074 shares of the company's stock valued at $283,000 after buying an additional 532 shares during the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC raised its stake in Edgewell Personal Care by 24.1% during the first quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 3,533 shares of the company's stock valued at $110,000 after buying an additional 686 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 238.5% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 975 shares of the company's stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 687 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Central Pacific Bank Trust Division raised its stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 3.9% in the third quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division now owns 19,800 shares of the company's stock worth $403,000 after purchasing an additional 750 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.91% of the company's stock.

About Edgewell Personal Care

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.

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