Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.15-3.35 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.22. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$2.292-2.337 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.31 billion. Edgewell Personal Care also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.150-3.350 EPS.

Edgewell Personal Care Price Performance

EPC traded up $0.78 during trading on Thursday, hitting $37.13. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 18,977 shares, compared to its average volume of 393,028. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $36.16 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $38.07. The company has a quick ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.40 and a beta of 0.86. Edgewell Personal Care has a 12 month low of $33.27 and a 12 month high of $41.50.

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 6th. The company reported $1.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.21. Edgewell Personal Care had a return on equity of 9.92% and a net margin of 5.26%. The business had revenue of $647.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $649.67 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.98 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts forecast that Edgewell Personal Care will post 3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on EPC. Truist Financial lowered their price target on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $50.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Barclays cut their price target on Edgewell Personal Care from $40.00 to $37.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 11th. StockNews.com downgraded Edgewell Personal Care from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, September 20th. Finally, UBS Group reduced their target price on Edgewell Personal Care from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Edgewell Personal Care currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $41.00.

About Edgewell Personal Care

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.