Edgewell Personal Care - EPC Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Edgewell Personal Care in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" EPC shares. 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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6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Edgewell Personal Care's shares. Their EPC share price forecasts range from $35.00 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $40.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.7%.
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Edgewell Personal Care's stock was trading at $38.54 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EPC stock has increased by 13.5% and is now trading at $43.75.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 8th 2023.
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Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE:EPC) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 10th. The company reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $536.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $540.91 million. Edgewell Personal Care had a net margin of 4.54% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.16%.

Edgewell Personal Care declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Wednesday, January 4th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.37%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 28th.
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Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.40%. The dividend payout ratio is 32.61%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EPC will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.66% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Edgewell Personal Care updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 8th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.30-$2.50 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.21-$2.26 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.20 billion.

35 employees have rated Edgewell Personal Care Chief Executive Officer Rod Little on Glassdoor.com. Rod Little has an approval rating of 83% among the company'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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.51%), Burney Co. (0.32%), Clifford Swan Investment Counsel LLC (0.29%), Madison Asset Management LLC (0.26%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.26%) and Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC (0.24%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne-Sophie Gaget, Carla C Hendra, Eric F O'toole and John N Hill.
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One share of EPC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.75.

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) has a market capitalization of $2.25 billion and generates $2.17 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $98.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.84 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

Edgewell Personal Care's mailing address is 6 RESEARCH DRIVE, SHELTON CT, 06484. The official website for the company is www.edgewell.com. The company can be reached via phone at 203-944-5500, via email at chris.gough@edgewell.com, or via fax at 314-985-2000.