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After finishing at $32.67 in the prior trading day, Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE: EPC) closed at $32.12, down -1.68%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.68 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.53 million shares were traded. EPC stock price reached its highest trading level at $32.97 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $31.97.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of EPC by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.29 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.74. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.81 and its Current Ratio is at 1.66. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.87 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.85.
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 Dec 09 ’24 when Hibbert Paul bought 4,402 shares for $37.54 per share.
O’Toole Eric F bought 11,078 shares of EPC for $422,328 on Dec 04 ’24.
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 1565085440 and an Enterprise Value of 2670704128. As of this moment, Edgewell’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.33, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.18. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.04. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.68 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.99. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.185 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.73.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EPC is 0.88, which has changed by -0.11774236 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24933672 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 $32.61. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.03%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.00%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 420.39K shares per day over the past 3-months and 458950 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 48.92M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 47.96M. Insiders hold about 1.39% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.09% stake in the company. Shares short for EPC as of 1734048000 were 2198106 with a Short Ratio of 5.23, compared to 1731628800 on 2258641. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2198106 and a Short% of Float of 6.460000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, EPC’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.6, compared to 0.60 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.018365474The current Payout Ratio is 30.49% for EPC, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-09-04 with an ex-dividend date of 1733184000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-07-01 when the company split stock in a 1349:1000 ratio.
