Energizer (NYSE:ENR) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.450-3.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.540. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.9 billion-$2.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.0 billion. Energizer also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.45 to $3.65 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ENR has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of Energizer from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. StockNews.com raised shares of Energizer from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $38.00 target price on shares of Energizer in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Energizer from $33.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Barclays cut Energizer from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and raised their target price for the company from $34.00 to $36.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Energizer currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $38.38.

Energizer Stock Performance

Shares of Energizer stock opened at $32.31 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $35.60 and a 200-day simple moving average of $33.06. The company has a market cap of $2.33 billion, a PE ratio of 62.13 and a beta of 1.06. Energizer has a one year low of $26.92 and a one year high of $39.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 23.51, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a current ratio of 1.80.

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.64 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $731.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $726.23 million. Energizer had a net margin of 1.32% and a return on equity of 155.40%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.59 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Energizer will post 3.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Energizer Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.71%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. Energizer’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 230.77%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Robin Vauth sold 4,070 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.16, for a total value of $155,311.20. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 9,827 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $374,998.32. This represents a 29.29 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, VP Sara B. Hampton sold 2,812 shares of Energizer stock in a transaction on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.49, for a total transaction of $108,233.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 4,635 shares in the company, valued at $178,401.15. The trade was a 37.76 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 8,860 shares of company stock worth $334,694 over the last 90 days. 0.98% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Energizer

Energizer Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes household batteries, specialty batteries, and lighting products worldwide. It offers lithium, alkaline, carbon zinc, nickel metal hydride, zinc air, and silver oxide batteries under the Energizer, Eveready, and Rayovac brands; primary, rechargeable, specialty, and hearing aid batteries; and handheld, headlights, lanterns, and area lights, as well as flashlights under the Hard Case, Dolphin, and WeatherReady brands.