Energizer (NYSE:ENR) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.450-3.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.540. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.9 billion-$2.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.0 billion. Energizer also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.600-0.700 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently commented on ENR shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of Energizer from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Barclays downgraded Energizer from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $34.00 to $36.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $38.00 price objective on shares of Energizer in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Energizer from $33.00 to $36.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Energizer from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Energizer presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $38.38.

Energizer Trading Down 4.6 %

ENR stock traded down $1.58 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $32.36. The company had a trading volume of 497,152 shares, compared to its average volume of 521,000. The stock has a market cap of $2.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 62.22 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. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $35.83 and its 200 day moving average price is $33.05. Energizer has a 52 week low of $26.92 and a 52 week high of $39.51.

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.64 by $0.03. Energizer had a net margin of 1.32% and a return on equity of 155.40%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Energizer will post 3.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Energizer Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.71%. Energizer’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 230.77%.

Insider Activity

In other Energizer news, VP Sara B. Hampton sold 2,812 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.49, for a total transaction of $108,233.88. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 4,635 shares in the company, valued at approximately $178,401.15. This trade represents a 37.76 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Robin Vauth sold 4,070 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.16, for a total transaction of $155,311.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 9,827 shares in the company, valued at approximately $374,998.32. This represents a 29.29 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 8,860 shares of company stock worth $334,694 in the last quarter. 0.98% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Energizer Company Profile

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.