Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR) Shares Acquired by New York State Teachers Retirement System

New York State Teachers Retirement System boosted its position in Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR) by 6.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 112,699 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 6,827 shares during the quarter. New York State Teachers Retirement System’s holdings in Energizer were worth $3,570,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CENTRAL TRUST Co lifted its holdings in Energizer by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 32,278 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,023,000 after buying an additional 483 shares in the last quarter. Capital Insight Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Energizer by 11.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital Insight Partners LLC now owns 9,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $289,000 after buying an additional 924 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in Energizer by 230.7% in the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 55,215 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,749,000 after buying an additional 38,520 shares in the last quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. lifted its holdings in Energizer by 9,600.0% in the 4th quarter. North Star Investment Management Corp. now owns 29,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $922,000 after buying an additional 28,800 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Energizer by 13.8% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 9,298,682 shares of the company’s stock worth $297,930,000 after buying an additional 1,126,158 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.74% of the company’s stock.

Energizer Stock Performance

Shares of Energizer stock opened at $27.44 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $1.97 billion, a PE ratio of 21.27 and a beta of 1.06. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $29.07 and its 200-day simple moving average is $30.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 19.36, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 2.03. Energizer Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $27.31 and a 1 year high of $37.32.

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 6th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.02. Energizer had a net margin of 3.21% and a return on equity of 123.29%. The business had revenue of $716.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $710.73 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.72 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts forecast that Energizer Holdings, Inc. will post 3.21 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Energizer Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 14th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 21st were given a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.37%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 20th. Energizer’s dividend payout ratio is presently 93.02%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ENR has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. StockNews.com lowered shares of Energizer from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 7th. Barclays cut their target price on shares of Energizer from $36.00 to $32.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $35.00.

About Energizer

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.