Personal care company Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before market open. Here’s what to look for.
Edgewell Personal Care missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.2% last quarter, reporting revenues of $627.2 million, down 3.2% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ revenue estimates and a significant miss of analysts’ organic revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Edgewell Personal Care’s revenue to grow 3.1% year on year to $533.8 million, a reversal from the 3.1% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.81 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Edgewell Personal Care has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.
Looking at Edgewell Personal Care’s peers in the personal care segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Nature's Sunshine delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 12%, beating analysts’ expectations by 6.7%, and Olaplex reported a revenue decline of 3.8%, topping estimates by 4.2%. Nature's Sunshine traded up 30.5% following the results while Olaplex was also up 3.3%.
Read our full analysis of Nature's Sunshine’s results here and Olaplex’s results here.
Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the personal care stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.2% on average over the last month. Edgewell Personal Care is down 6% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $25.57 (compared to the current share price of $18.57).
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