Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.850-3.050 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.150. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $35.00 to $32.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $43.00 to $35.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Barclays dropped their price objective on Edgewell Personal Care from $28.00 to $25.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $35.00 to $32.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, UBS Group boosted their target price on Edgewell Personal Care from $31.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 17th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $33.00.

Edgewell Personal Care Stock Performance

Shares of EPC stock traded up $1.44 on Monday, hitting $28.49. 221,210 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 469,470. Edgewell Personal Care has a one year low of $24.35 and a one year high of $41.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.37 billion, a PE ratio of 15.53 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a current ratio of 2.06, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96. The firm's 50 day moving average is $30.03 and its two-hundred day moving average is $32.46.

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The company reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.90 by ($0.03). The firm had revenue of $580.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $591.01 million. Edgewell Personal Care had a net margin of 4.09% and a return on equity of 9.29%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.88 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that Edgewell Personal Care will post 3.16 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Edgewell Personal Care Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 6th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 6th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.11%. Edgewell Personal Care's payout ratio is currently 32.79%.

Edgewell Personal Care Company Profile

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.