Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC Has $1.59 Million Holdings in Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE:EPC)

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC decreased its stake in Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE:EPC) by 6.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 47,274 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,451 shares during the quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC owned approximately 0.10% of Edgewell Personal Care worth $1,588,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of EPC. Brandes Investment Partners LP lifted its holdings in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 21.1% during the fourth quarter. Brandes Investment Partners LP now owns 2,041,665 shares of the company’s stock valued at $68,600,000 after acquiring an additional 355,224 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Edgewell Personal Care by 40.5% during the 4th quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 878,390 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,514,000 after purchasing an additional 253,014 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in Edgewell Personal Care during the 4th quarter valued at about $7,473,000. Barclays PLC boosted its position in Edgewell Personal Care by 563.6% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 148,553 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,400,000 after buying an additional 126,168 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Madison Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Edgewell Personal Care in the fourth quarter valued at about $3,866,000. 91.91% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

EPC has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $37.00 to $35.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 11th. Barclays cut their price objective on Edgewell Personal Care from $33.00 to $30.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. UBS Group decreased their target price on Edgewell Personal Care from $40.00 to $36.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 16th. StockNews.com cut Edgewell Personal Care from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of Edgewell Personal Care from $35.00 to $32.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 11th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Edgewell Personal Care presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $36.57.

Edgewell Personal Care Price Performance

Edgewell Personal Care stock opened at $30.68 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $1.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.77 and a beta of 1.04. Edgewell Personal Care Co has a 12-month low of $26.65 and a 12-month high of $41.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 2.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $31.24 and its 200 day simple moving average is $33.78.

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.13 by ($0.06). Edgewell Personal Care had a return on equity of 9.29% and a net margin of 4.09%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Edgewell Personal Care Co will post 3.16 earnings per share for the current year.

Edgewell Personal Care Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 5th will be paid a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 5th. Edgewell Personal Care’s payout ratio is 32.79%.

Edgewell Personal Care Profile

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.