Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE:EPC) Receives $36.57 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE:EPC) has received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the seven analysts that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have issued a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $36.57.

Several brokerages recently commented on EPC. UBS Group reduced 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 research report on Thursday, January 16th. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price target on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $53.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $48.00 to $43.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $37.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Finally, Barclays cut their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $33.00 to $30.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,799,860 shares of the company’s stock worth $194,875,000 after purchasing an additional 24,850 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. increased its stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,222,739 shares of the company’s stock worth $108,284,000 after purchasing an additional 64,257 shares during the last quarter. Brandes Investment Partners LP increased its stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 21.1% during the 4th quarter. Brandes Investment Partners LP now owns 2,041,665 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,600,000 after purchasing an additional 355,224 shares during the last quarter. LSV Asset Management increased its stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 6.8% during the 4th quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 1,166,152 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,183,000 after purchasing an additional 74,231 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,130,160 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,078,000 after purchasing an additional 6,964 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.91% of the company’s stock.

Edgewell Personal Care Stock Up 3.5 %

Shares of NYSE:EPC opened at $31.97 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 2.06. The company has a market cap of $1.54 billion, a PE ratio of 17.47 and a beta of 0.88. Edgewell Personal Care has a 52 week low of $26.65 and a 52 week high of $41.50. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $32.42 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.05.

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.13 by ($0.06). Edgewell Personal Care had a net margin of 4.09% and a return on equity of 9.29%. As a group, research analysts expect that Edgewell Personal Care will post 3.16 earnings per share for the current year.

Edgewell Personal Care Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 5th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.88%. Edgewell Personal Care’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 32.79%.

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.