Asset Management One Co. Ltd. Has $923,000 Stock Holdings in Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR)

Asset Management One Co. Ltd. lowered its position in Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR - Free Report) by 59.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 28,879 shares of the company's stock after selling 41,824 shares during the period. Asset Management One Co. Ltd.'s holdings in Energizer were worth $923,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Energizer by 13.8% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 9,298,682 shares of the company's stock worth $297,930,000 after purchasing an additional 1,126,158 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. raised its position in shares of Energizer by 2.7% during the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 7,826,006 shares of the company's stock worth $262,797,000 after purchasing an additional 203,193 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its position in shares of Energizer by 28.2% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 6,860,185 shares of the company's stock worth $219,800,000 after purchasing an additional 1,508,081 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in Energizer by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,388,653 shares of the company's stock valued at $80,211,000 after acquiring an additional 35,710 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LSV Asset Management grew its stake in Energizer by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 1,750,934 shares of the company's stock valued at $56,100,000 after acquiring an additional 23,844 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.74% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently issued reports on ENR shares. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Energizer from $36.00 to $32.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Friday. StockNews.com cut shares of Energizer from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $35.00.

Energizer Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of Energizer stock traded down $0.11 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $27.44. The stock had a trading volume of 440,284 shares, compared to its average volume of 490,992. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $29.07 and a two-hundred day moving average of $30.79. Energizer Holdings, Inc. has a 12-month low of $27.31 and a 12-month high of $37.32. The company has a quick ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 2.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 19.36. The firm has a market cap of $1.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.27 and a beta of 1.06.

Energizer (NYSE:ENR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 6th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $716.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $710.73 million. Energizer had a net margin of 3.21% and a return on equity of 123.29%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.72 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Energizer Holdings, Inc. will post 3.21 earnings per share for the current year.

Energizer Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, February 21st were issued a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 20th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.37%. Energizer's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 93.02%.

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.