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Brandes Investment Partners LP grew its holdings in Edgewell Personal Care Co ( NYSE:EPC – Free Report ) by 19.7% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,529,647 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 252,235 shares during the period.
Brandes Investment Partners LP’s holdings in Edgewell Personal Care were worth $61,545,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in EPC. Clearstead Trust LLC bought a new position in Edgewell Personal Care during the second quarter worth about $33,000.
Northwest Investment Counselors LLC bought a new position in shares of Edgewell Personal Care during the first quarter valued at $35,000. TFO Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 32,900.0% in the 4th quarter.
TFO Wealth Partners LLC now owns 990 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 987 shares in the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Edgewell Personal Care in the 2nd quarter worth about $53,000. Finally, Innealta Capital LLC bought a new position in Edgewell Personal Care during the 2nd quarter valued at about $76,000.
91.91% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. Analysts Set New Price Targets EPC has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports.
UBS Group dropped their price target on Edgewell Personal Care from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 7th.
StockNews.com cut Edgewell Personal Care from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, September 20th. Finally, Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $41.
00 to $40.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company.
According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $41.80. Edgewell Personal Care Trading Up 0.
5 % EPC opened at $36.48 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $38.
28 and a 200 day simple moving average of $38.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.
82, a current ratio of 1.79 and a quick ratio of 0.94.
Edgewell Personal Care Co has a fifty-two week low of $33.71 and a fifty-two week high of $41.50.
The company has a market cap of $1.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.26 and a beta of 0.
87. Edgewell Personal Care ( NYSE:EPC – Get Free Report ) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 6th. The company reported $1.
22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.21.
Edgewell Personal Care had a return on equity of 9.92% and a net margin of 5.26%.
The business had revenue of $647.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $649.67 million.
During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.98 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down .
3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Edgewell Personal Care Co will post 3 earnings per share for the current year. Edgewell Personal Care Announces Dividend The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 3rd.
Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 4th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 4th.
This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.64%.
Edgewell Personal Care’s dividend payout ratio is 25.10%. Edgewell Personal Care Company Profile ( Free Report ) 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. Recommended Stories Want to see what other hedge funds are holding EPC? Visit HoldingsChannel.
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