At the time of writing, Edgewell Personal Care Co [EPC] stock is trading at $31.21, up 1.83%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The EPC shares have gain 5.30% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.83%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Edgewell Personal Care Co [NYSE: EPC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 08, 2024, when Barclays upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $39 for it. Previously, UBS started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on April 05, 2023, and set its price target to $47. On November 17, 2022, Canaccord Genuity initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $48 on the stock. Goldman downgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $42 on October 26, 2022. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $36 on October 17, 2022. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on January 05, 2022, and upped its price target to $55. In a note dated July 14, 2021, Raymond James initiated an Mkt Perform rating.
For the past year, the stock price of Edgewell Personal Care Co fluctuated between $26.65 and $41.50. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $40 within the next 12 months. Edgewell Personal Care Co [NYSE: EPC] shares were valued at $31.21 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 28.16% based on the average EPC price forecast.
Analyzing the EPC fundamentals
According to Edgewell Personal Care Co [NYSE:EPC], the company’s sales were 2.24B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -2.15% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.42% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.06 and Total Capital is 0.06. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.98.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 30.67 points at the first support level, and at 30.13 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 31.56, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 31.90.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Edgewell Personal Care Co [NYSE:EPC] has a current ratio of 2.06. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.97, and the Cash Ratio is 0.38. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.67, the price to book ratio is 1.01 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.07.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved O’Toole Eric F, Officer, that happened on Mar 07 ’25 when 32391.0 shares were purchased. Officer, Hibbert Paul completed a deal on Dec 09 ’24 to buy 4402.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer O’Toole Eric F bought 11078.0 shares on Dec 04 ’24.
