Edgewell Personal Care(EPC) ZACKS·2024-11-07 13:11Company Performance - Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) reported quarterly earnings of $0.72 per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.67 per share, and matching the earnings from the previous year [1] - The company achieved an earnings surprise of 7.46% for the quarter, and previously, it had a surprise of 20.79% when it reported earnings of $1.22 per share against an expectation of $1.01 per share [1][2] - Over the last four quarters, Edgewell has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times [2] Revenue Analysis - For the quarter ended September 2024, Edgewell posted revenues of $517.6 million, which fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.79% and decreased from $534.1 million in the same quarter last year [2] - The company has only topped consensus revenue estimates once in the last four quarters [2] Stock Performance and Outlook - Edgewell Personal shares have declined approximately 0.8% since the beginning of the year, contrasting with the S&P 500's gain of 24.3% [3] - The future performance of the stock will largely depend on management's commentary during the earnings call and the trends in earnings estimate revisions [3][4] Earnings Estimates - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is $0.34 on revenues of $493.35 million, while for the current fiscal year, the estimate is $3.19 on revenues of $2.32 billion [7] Industry Context - The Consumer Products - Staples industry, to which Edgewell belongs, is currently ranked in the bottom 20% of over 250 Zacks industries, indicating potential challenges ahead [8] - Research indicates that the top 50% of Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1 [8]