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Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE: EPC) closed the day trading at $30.22 down -0.43% from the previous closing price of $30.35. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.57 million shares were traded. EPC stock price reached its highest trading level at $30.8925 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $29.89.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of EPC, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 8.30 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.00. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.97 and its Current Ratio is at 2.06. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.98 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.96.
On April 05, 2023, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $47.
On November 17, 2022, Canaccord Genuity started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $48.Canaccord Genuity initiated its Buy rating on November 17, 2022, with a $48 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 07 ’25 when O’Toole Eric F bought 32,391 shares for $30.63 per share.
Hibbert Paul bought 4,402 shares of EPC for $165,272 on Dec 09 ’24. On Dec 04 ’24, another insider, O’Toole Eric F, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 11,078 shares for $38.12 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, EPC now has a Market Capitalization of 1457471232 and an Enterprise Value of 2749770496. As of this moment, Edgewell’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.53, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.92. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.76. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.65 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.97. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.226 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.33.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EPC is 0.96, which has changed by -0.18610287 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09589827 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, EPC has reached a high of $41.50, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $26.65. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -15.79%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, EPC traded about 551.42K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, EPC traded about 581570 shares per day. A total of 48.42M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 47.54M. Insiders hold about 1.43% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.24% stake in the company. Shares short for EPC as of 1740700800 were 2249449 with a Short Ratio of 4.08, compared to 1738281600 on 1972341. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2249449 and a Short% of Float of 6.710000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
EPC’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.60, up from 0.6 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.019769358The current Payout Ratio is 30.49% for EPC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-05 with an ex-dividend date of 1741132800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-07-01 when the company split stock in a 1349:1000 ratio.
