Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.06 EPS

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

Edgewell Personal Care Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of EPC stock opened at $31.58 on Monday. Edgewell Personal Care has a 12-month low of $30.86 and a 12-month high of $41.50. The company has a market capitalization of $1.54 billion, a PE ratio of 16.11 and a beta of 0.88. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $33.97 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $35.80. 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 brokerages have recently commented on EPC. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $50.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on Edgewell Personal Care from $42.00 to $37.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on Edgewell Personal Care from $40.00 to $36.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Barclays reduced their target price on Edgewell Personal Care from $36.00 to $33.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target 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.