Edgewell Personal Care Co [NYSE: EPC] loss -0.81% on the last trading session, reaching $24.62 price per share at the time.
Edgewell Personal Care Co represents 47.31 million in outstanding shares, while the company has a total market value of $1.16 billion with the latest information. EPC stock price has been found in the range of $24.4 to $25.09.
If compared to the average trading volume of 645.56K shares, EPC reached a trading volume of 313427 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Edgewell Personal Care Co [EPC]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for EPC shares is $30.86 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on EPC stock is a recommendation set at 2.25. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Barclays have made an estimate for Edgewell Personal Care Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Equal Weight, with their previous recommendation back on February 08, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, UBS raised their target price to Neutral. The new note on the price target was released on April 05, 2023, representing the official price target for Edgewell Personal Care Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $48, while Canaccord Genuity analysts kept a Buy rating on EPC stock. On October 26, 2022, analysts decreased their price target for EPC shares from 47 to 42.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.77, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.62. Price to Free Cash Flow for EPC in the course of the last twelve months was 36.18 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.93.
Trading performance analysis for EPC stock
Edgewell Personal Care Co [EPC] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.41. With this latest performance, EPC shares dropped by -7.16% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -26.51% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -26.73% in the past year of trading.
Edgewell Personal Care Co [EPC]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Edgewell Personal Care Co [EPC] shares currently have an operating margin of 10.19% and a Gross Margin at 42.60%. Edgewell Personal Care Co’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 3.81%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 2.25%, with Return on Assets sitting at 2.25%.
Edgewell Personal Care Co [EPC]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for EPC. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Edgewell Personal Care Co go to 3.47%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Edgewell Personal Care Co [EPC]
There are presently around $104.19%, or 109.06% of EPC stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of EPC stocks are: BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 7.67 million shares, which is approximately 15.5015%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 5.77 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$232.08 million in EPC stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$145.52 million in EPC stock with ownership which is approximately 7.3149%.
