Empowered Funds LLC Buys 39,889 Shares of Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE:EPC)

Empowered Funds LLC boosted its stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE:EPC) by 23.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 208,514 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 39,889 shares during the quarter. Empowered Funds LLC owned approximately 0.43% of Edgewell Personal Care worth $7,006,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. R Squared Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Edgewell Personal Care in the fourth quarter worth approximately $36,000. Prospera Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Edgewell Personal Care in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $48,000. KBC Group NV boosted its stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 56.5% in the 4th quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 2,279 shares of the company’s stock valued at $77,000 after purchasing an additional 823 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 14.0% during the third quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,697 shares of the company’s stock worth $108,000 after buying an additional 332 shares during the period. Finally, TD Private Client Wealth LLC raised its stake in Edgewell Personal Care by 33.1% during the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 2,788 shares of the company’s stock worth $101,000 after buying an additional 693 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.91% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have weighed in on EPC shares. Barclays decreased their price target on Edgewell Personal Care from $36.00 to $33.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 17th. UBS Group decreased their target price on Edgewell Personal Care from $40.00 to $36.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on Edgewell Personal Care from $42.00 to $37.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price objective on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $50.00 to $40.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $39.80.

Edgewell Personal Care Stock Down 9.4 %

EPC stock opened at $28.62 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.66. Edgewell Personal Care Co has a fifty-two week low of $26.65 and a fifty-two week high of $41.50. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $33.79 and its 200 day simple moving average is $35.72. The company has a market cap of $1.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.60 and a beta of 0.88.

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) last issued its earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The company reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.13 by ($0.06). Edgewell Personal Care had a return on equity of 9.78% and a net margin of 4.38%. On average, research analysts expect that Edgewell Personal Care Co will post 3.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Edgewell Personal Care Company Profile

Edgewell Personal Care Company is a manufacturer and marketer of personal care products in the wet shave, sun and skin care, feminine care and infant care categories. As of September 30, 2016, the Company had a portfolio of over 25 brands. It manages its business in four segments: Wet Shave, Sun and Skin Care, Feminine Care and All Other.