Energizer (NYSE:ENR) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.45 to $3.65 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.53. The company issued revenue guidance of +1 to +2% yr/yr or $2.916 billion to $2.945 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.92 billion. Energizer also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.450-3.650 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Barclays cut shares of Energizer from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $34.00 to $36.00 in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price target on shares of Energizer from $32.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of Energizer from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. StockNews.com raised shares of Energizer from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a $38.00 price objective on shares of Energizer in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $38.38.

Energizer Stock Up 1.0 %

Shares of ENR stock traded up $0.32 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $32.63. 35,673 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 552,937. The business has a 50 day moving average of $35.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $33.06. Energizer has a 52 week low of $26.92 and a 52 week high of $39.51. The company has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion, a PE ratio of 62.74 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a current ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 23.51.

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.64 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $731.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $726.23 million. Energizer had a net margin of 1.32% and a return on equity of 155.40%. Energizer’s quarterly revenue was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.59 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Energizer will post 3.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Energizer Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be paid a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.68%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. Energizer’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 230.77%.

Insider Activity at Energizer

In other news, EVP Robin Vauth sold 4,070 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.16, for a total value of $155,311.20. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 9,827 shares in the company, valued at approximately $374,998.32. The trade was a 29.29 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, VP Sara B. Hampton sold 2,812 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The stock was 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 owns 4,635 shares in the company, valued at $178,401.15. This trade represents a 37.76 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 8,860 shares of company stock valued at $334,694. 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.