Edgewell Personal Care Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Edgewell Personal Care in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Edgewell Personal Care stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EPC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Edgewell Personal Care saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 3,560,000 shares, a decrease of 17.6% from the May 13th total of 4,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 778,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.6 days. Approximately 6.6% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Edgewell Personal Care is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 3rd 2021.
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Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE:EPC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.09. The company earned $519.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $534.26 million. Edgewell Personal Care had a net margin of 2.97% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.10%. Edgewell Personal Care's revenue for the quarter was down .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.92 earnings per share.
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Edgewell Personal Care's stock was trading at $29.85 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EPC stock has increased by 44.2% and is now trading at $43.03.
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Edgewell Personal Care announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, July 7th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 3rd.
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Edgewell Personal Care pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.32%. Edgewell Personal Care does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Edgewell Personal Care is 21.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Edgewell Personal Care will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.00% next year. This indicates that Edgewell Personal Care will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Edgewell Personal Care issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.620-2.820 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.740. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

4 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Edgewell Personal Care's shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Edgewell Personal Care's stock price to reach $43.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.8% from the stock's current price.
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35 employees have rated Edgewell Personal Care CEO Rod Little on Glassdoor.com. Rod Little has an approval rating of 83% among Edgewell Personal Care's employees.

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Edgewell Personal Care trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EPC."

Edgewell Personal Care's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.23%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.24%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (4.73%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (4.46%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (3.55%) and APG Asset Management N.V. (3.25%). Company insiders that own Edgewell Personal Care stock include Anne-Sophie Gaget, John N Hill and R David Hoover.
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EPC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tremblant Capital Group, Northern Trust Corp, Victory Capital Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, American International Group Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company.
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EPC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Brandes Investment Partners LP, Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Clearline Capital LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Ameriprise Financial Inc., and Wasatch Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Edgewell Personal Care stock in the last two years include John N Hill, and R David Hoover.
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One share of EPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.03.

Edgewell Personal Care has a market capitalization of $2.34 billion and generates $1.95 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $67.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.73 on an earnings per share basis.

Edgewell Personal Care employs 5,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Edgewell Personal Care is www.edgewell.com.

Edgewell Personal Care is headquartered at 6 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON CT, 06484.

Edgewell Personal Care's mailing address is 6 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON CT, 06484. The company can be reached via phone at 203-944-5500 or via email at [email protected]