With 1.03 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.7 million shares. During the session, the Household & Personal Products company that operates in wider Consumer Defensive sector, reached to the highest price of $26.315 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $24.99. The 52-week range on EPC shows that it touched its highest point at $41.50 and its lowest point at $22.61 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $31.00. With its current market cap of 1.21 billion, EPC has annualized dividend of $0.60 while the current yield stands at 2.33%. EPC paid its most recent dividend on 1749168000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1749168000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.81.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Three-month performance dropped to -14.48% while six-month performance fell -19.54%. The stock lost -23.51% in the past year, while it has lost -36.10% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EPC yields 1.71 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.05. For the next quarter, that number is 1.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of -4.43% for this year and 4.66% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 47.31 million EPC shares are outstanding with a float of 46.36 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-13, short shares totaled 2.76 million, which was 586.0 higher than short shares on 1747267200. In addition to Mr. Rod R. Little as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Daniel J. Sullivan CPA serves as its COO and President of Europe & Latin America.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.04188 of EPC’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, EPC reported revenue of $580700000.0 and operating income of $71100000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $95500000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.6.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for EPC since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With EPC analysts setting a high price target of 43.0 and a low target of 25.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 32.375. Based on these targets, EPC could surge 67.32% to reach the target high and fall by -2.72% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 25.97% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.04324 being high and $2.95306 being low. For EPC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.00237.
