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 guidance of $3.15-3.35 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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 Stock Up 2.1 %

Edgewell Personal Care stock traded up $0.78 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $37.13. 18,977 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 393,028. Edgewell Personal Care has a twelve month low of $33.27 and a twelve month high of $41.50. The company has a market cap of $1.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.40 and a beta of 0.86. 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 company has a fifty day moving average of $36.16 and a 200-day moving average of $38.07.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on EPC. Barclays dropped their target price on Edgewell Personal Care from $40.00 to $37.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, October 11th. 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. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, August 7th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Edgewell Personal Care from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, September 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus 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.