Is Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE: EPC) The Best Stock To Invest In?

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Stocks Info

Edgewell Personal Care Co is listed on the NYSE in the Consumer Defensive sector while operating in the Household & Personal Products industry. The current market capitalization of Edgewell Personal Care Co is $1.86B. A total of 0.67 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 415.57K shares.

In the most recent transaction, O’Toole Eric F bought 11,078 shares of EPC for 38.12 per share on Dec 04 ’24.

Dividend

The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Edgewell Personal Care Co pays an annual dividend of $0.60, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.57%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.45. EPC’s most recent ex-dividend date was 12/3/2024 when it declared a $0.15 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 1/8/2025. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 10/3/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 9/4/2024. The EPC stock dividend was $0.15 per share in cash.

Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, EPC has a high of $41.50 and a low of $33.27.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. EPC’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $479.20M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.32B in debt and $536.80M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $32.38, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.58B.

Analysts Opinion

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for EPC is Buy with a score of 3.63.

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