Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.150-3.350 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.220. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.3 billion-$2.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.3 billion. Edgewell Personal Care also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.15-3.35 EPS.

Edgewell Personal Care Stock Performance

Edgewell Personal Care stock traded up $0.97 on Thursday, hitting $37.32. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 76,126 shares, compared to its average volume of 393,292. The firm has a market cap of $1.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.73 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 price of $36.16 and a 200-day moving average price of $38.07. Edgewell Personal Care has a one year low of $33.27 and a one year high of $41.50.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Barclays reduced their target price on shares of 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. UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Edgewell Personal Care from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price target on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $50.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $41.00.

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.