Walleye Capital LLC Buys 23,488 Shares of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR)

Walleye Capital LLC boosted its stake in Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR - Free Report) by 98.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 47,364 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 23,488 shares during the period. Walleye Capital LLC owned 0.07% of Energizer worth $1,653,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in ENR. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of Energizer by 86.4% during the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 768 shares of the company's stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 356 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Energizer by 94.0% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,554 shares of the company's stock worth $54,000 after buying an additional 753 shares during the last quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division lifted its position in Energizer by 750.0% in the 4th quarter. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division now owns 1,700 shares of the company's stock valued at $59,000 after acquiring an additional 1,500 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Energizer by 21.6% during the fourth quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,023 shares of the company's stock valued at $71,000 after buying an additional 360 shares during the last quarter. Finally, R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Energizer in the fourth quarter worth approximately $82,000. 93.74% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ENR has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Royal Bank of Canada restated a "sector perform" rating and set a $38.00 price objective on shares of Energizer in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. UBS Group lowered their target price on Energizer from $36.00 to $28.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Truist Financial reduced their target price on shares of Energizer from $45.00 to $40.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of Energizer from $32.00 to $27.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 11th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of Energizer from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Energizer presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $33.75.

Energizer Price Performance

NYSE ENR traded down $0.30 on Friday, reaching $26.85. The company had a trading volume of 73,693 shares, compared to its average volume of 603,429. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.94 billion, a PE ratio of 33.98 and a beta of 0.92. Energizer Holdings, Inc. has a 12 month low of $25.42 and a 12 month high of $39.52. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.17. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $29.07 and its 200 day moving average price is $32.63.

Energizer (NYSE:ENR - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.64 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $731.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $726.23 million. Energizer had a return on equity of 168.16% and a net margin of 2.02%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.59 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that Energizer Holdings, Inc. will post 3.58 earnings per share for the current year.

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.