Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE: EPC) is -4.08% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $31.50 and a high of $41.50 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The EPC stock was last observed hovering at around $32.05 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.18%.
Currently trading at $32.23, the stock is -5.36% and -8.45% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.41 million and changing 0.56% at the moment leaves the stock -13.58% off its SMA200. EPC registered -11.82% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.47%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $35.2056 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $37.2954.
The stock witnessed a -12.30% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.23%, and is -4.08% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.81% over the week and 2.37% over the month.
Edgewell Personal Care Co (EPC) has around 6700 employees, a market worth around $1.57B and $2.25B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.39 and Fwd P/E is 9.21. Profit margin for the company is 4.38%. Distance from 52-week low is 2.32% and -22.34% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.37%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.24% this year
362.0 institutions hold shares in Edgewell Personal Care Co (EPC), with institutional investors hold 100.54% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 48.92M, and float is at 47.96M with Short Float at 4.58%. Institutions hold 96.22% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 7.67 million shares valued at $308.39 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.5015 of the EPC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 5.77 million shares valued at $232.08 million to account for 11.6656 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 3.62 million shares representing 7.3149 and valued at over $145.52 million, while AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC holds 6.3335 of the shares totaling 3.14 million with a market value of $126.0 million.
