Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
Edgewell Personal Care Company EPC
$26.97 +1.12% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.24B
Strong trendExpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-2.01, down 249.2% year over year.
- Net debt is 16.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 82 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 25%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 21%
- Gross marginTop 34%
- Operating marginBottom 25%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Interest coverBottom 20%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 20%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 34%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 41%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 15%
- 6-month returnTop 11%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 12%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 24%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 41%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 34%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 35%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 19%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 33%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 3%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -5.3% | -7.0% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -198.4% | -249.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 42.2% | 40.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 1.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 1.9% | 2.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -7.0% | -5.3% | ↓ | Bottom 13% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -249.2% | -198.4% | ↓ | Bottom 8% |
| Gross margin | 40.9% | 42.2% | ↓ | Top 34% |
| Operating margin | 1.7% | 7.0% | ↓ | Bottom 25% |
| Net margin | -4.5% | 2.9% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.6% | 1.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 0.8% | — | Bottom 21% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.8% | — | Bottom 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -6.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 16.04×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.29%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.28%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.56%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +11.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -5.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $29.83
- Target vs current price
- +10.6%
- Analysts with a rating
- 17
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 35%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +11.6% | +2.3% | +0.3% | -2.1% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +39.5% | -1.9% | -15.6% | -18.8% | +19.1% |
| Feb 9, 2026 | +11.1% | -4.6% | +5.5% | +1.2% | +10.0% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -17.1% | -2.7% | -7.8% | -7.4% | +8.4% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | -8.9% | -18.8% | -11.8% | -5.1% | -21.5% |
| May 7, 2025 | -3.3% | -10.0% | -5.3% | -10.2% | -16.2% |
| Feb 10, 2025 | -46.2% | -9.5% | -5.8% | +1.7% | -5.0% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +7.5% | +0.2% | -4.6% | +2.2% | -12.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.72 | $0.65 | +11.6% | $570.1M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.60 | $0.43 | +39.5% | $519.5M |
| Feb 9, 2026 | -$0.16 | -$0.18 | +11.1% | $486.8M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | $0.68 | $0.82 | -17.1% | $537.2M |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.92 | $1.01 | -8.9% | $627.2M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.87 | $0.90 | -3.3% | $580.7M |
| Feb 10, 2025 | $0.07 | $0.13 | -46.2% | $478.4M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.72 | $0.67 | +7.5% | $517.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 14.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 38.6× | — | — | Bottom 17% |
| EV / Sales | 1.04× | — | — | Top 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.22% | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| Earnings yield | -7.45% | — | — | Bottom 20% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.1× – 33.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +29.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -249.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +87.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 82
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +17.9%
- RSI (14)
- 45.6
- Relative volume
- 0.67×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 33.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 61th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.35
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.12
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -9.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -61.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2022 | Dec 8, 2025 | -69.3% | 977 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | -26.1% | 88 days | 54 days (Jan 5, 2022) |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Mar 4, 2021 | -18.4% | 56 days | 7 days (Mar 15, 2021) |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -14.1% | 11 days | 6 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.24B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$2.01
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.05B
- Dividend yield
- 2.22%
- 52-week range
- $15.73 – $29.95
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.09B | $2.17B | $2.25B | $2.25B | $2.22B |
| Gross profit | $951.2M | $880.5M | $940.8M | $955.7M | $924.9M |
| Operating income | $239.9M | $182.3M | $227.0M | $199.3M | $96.6M |
| Net income | $117.8M | $99.5M | $114.7M | $98.6M | $25.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.12 | $1.86 | $2.21 | $1.97 | $0.53 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $517.6M | $478.4M | $580.7M | $627.2M | $537.2M | $422.8M | $519.5M | $570.1M |
| Net income | $8.8M | -$2.1M | $29.0M | $29.1M | -$30.6M | -$65.7M | -$10.6M | $13.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.18 | -$0.04 | $0.60 | $0.61 | -$0.66 | -$1.41 | -$0.23 | $0.29 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $229.0M | $102.0M | $216.1M | $231.0M | $118.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$56.8M | -$56.4M | -$49.5M | -$56.5M | -$77.0M |
| Free cash flow | $172.2M | $45.6M | $166.6M | $174.5M | $41.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$25.6M | -$32.6M | -$31.5M | -$30.7M | -$29.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$9.2M | -$125.3M | -$75.2M | -$58.5M | -$90.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $397.1M
- Total assets
- $3.54B
- Total liabilities
- $2.08B
- Total debt
- $1.28B
- Net debt
- $882.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.46B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $0.15 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | $0.15 | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $0.15 | Apr 8, 2026 |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $0.15 | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $0.15 | Oct 8, 2025 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | $0.15 | Jul 9, 2025 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.15 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| Dec 3, 2024 | $0.15 | Jan 8, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,542,928
- Days to cover
- 8.58
- Change vs previous report
- +3.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 1, 2015
- 1,349-for-1,000