Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) Announces Earnings Results

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) issued its earnings results on Monday. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.13 by ($0.06), Zacks reports. Edgewell Personal Care had a return on equity of 9.78% and a net margin of 4.38%. Edgewell Personal Care updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.150-3.150 EPS.

Edgewell Personal Care Stock Performance

NYSE EPC opened at $28.62 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $1.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.60 and a beta of 0.88. Edgewell Personal Care has a twelve month low of $26.65 and a twelve month high of $41.50. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $33.79 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently issued reports on EPC. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $42.00 to $37.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. UBS Group lowered their price target on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $40.00 to $36.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Truist Financial cut their price objective on Edgewell Personal Care from $50.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, Barclays lowered their target price on Edgewell Personal Care from $36.00 to $33.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 17th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $39.80.

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.