Financial Survey: Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) & Its Rivals

Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) is one of 55 public companies in the “Personal Care Products” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Edgewell Personal Care to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of shares of all “Personal Care Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of shares of all “Personal Care Products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Edgewell Personal Care and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Edgewell Personal Care	-4.55%	5.76%	2.35%
Edgewell Personal Care Competitors	-4.64%	-66.47%	-0.40%

Dividends

Edgewell Personal Care pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Edgewell Personal Care pays out -30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Personal Care Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.7% and pay out 48.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Volatility and Risk

Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edgewell Personal Care’s rivals have a beta of 0.80, suggesting that their average stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Edgewell Personal Care and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Edgewell Personal Care	$2.24 billion	$25.40 million	-13.95
Edgewell Personal Care Competitors	$7.79 billion	$1.11 billion	7.86

Edgewell Personal Care’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Edgewell Personal Care. Edgewell Personal Care is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Edgewell Personal Care and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Edgewell Personal Care	1	4	3	0	2.25
Edgewell Personal Care Competitors	897	2930	3657	228	2.42

Edgewell Personal Care currently has a consensus price target of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.92%. As a group, “Personal Care Products” companies have a potential upside of 1.47%. Given Edgewell Personal Care’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Edgewell Personal Care is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

Edgewell Personal Care rivals beat Edgewell Personal Care on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Edgewell Personal Care Company 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. Its Wet shave products are sold under the Schick, Wilkinson Sword, Edge, Skintimate, Shave Guard and Personna brand names. Its Sun and Skin Care products are sold under the Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic, Wet Ones and Playtex brand names and offers Wet Ones, portable hand wipes category, and Playtex household gloves, the branded household glove in the United States. Its Feminine Care segment markets its products under the Playtex, Stayfree, Carefree and o.b. brands and markets pads and liners. Its All Other segment includes infant care, pet care and miscellaneous other products.