Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR) Given Average Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR) has received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the seven brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $31.4286.

ENR has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Energizer from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, July 25th. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $29.00 target price (up from $23.00) on shares of Energizer in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. Truist Financial upped their target price on Energizer from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Energizer from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 13th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on Energizer from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th.

Institutional Trading of Energizer

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of ENR. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in shares of Energizer by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 11,262 shares of the company’s stock worth $393,000 after buying an additional 586 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its position in shares of Energizer by 18.1% during the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 163,876 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,718,000 after buying an additional 25,105 shares during the last quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio bought a new stake in shares of Energizer during the 4th quarter worth $43,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp bought a new stake in shares of Energizer during the 4th quarter worth $339,000. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Energizer during the 4th quarter worth $366,000. 93.74% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Energizer Stock Performance

ENR opened at $25.84 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $27.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of $25.55. The company has a market capitalization of $1.76 billion, a PE ratio of 7.45 and a beta of 0.69. Energizer has a 1 year low of $19.70 and a 1 year high of $39.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.57, a current ratio of 1.78 and a quick ratio of 0.84.

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 4th. The company reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.52. The business had revenue of $725.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $692.67 million. Energizer had a return on equity of 181.90% and a net margin of 8.60%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.79 EPS. Energizer has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.050-1.150 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.550-3.650 EPS. Research analysts expect that Energizer will post 3.58 EPS for the current year.

Energizer Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 21st were given a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.6%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 21st. Energizer’s dividend payout ratio is currently 34.58%.

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.