Edgewell Personal Care delivered a bifurcated QQ3 2024 performance characterized by resilient profitability and commitment to margin expansion, set against a modest top-line backdrop. Key takeaways include: 1) Adjusted EBITDA rose 7% year-over-year to $117.2 million, supported by 160 basis points of gross margin accretion and about 225 basis points of productivity savings, partially offset by 110 basis points of net price and strategic revenue management gains and currency headwinds (~15 bps). 2) Revenue declined modestly year-over-year (-0.34% YoY) but grew 8.1% quarter-over-quarter, with organic net sales up roughly 0.6% driven by international strength (organic growth >6%) and continued momentum in Sun Care and Grooming; North America was softer, led by Wet Shave and Feminine Care. 3) The company raised full-year guidance for adjusted EBITDA to about $356 million and adjusted EPS to about $3, reflecting confidence in gross-margin inflection and cost discipline, while signaling higher SG&A profitability investments in support of an acceleration in product innovation and commercialization. 4) Management initiated a leadership and organizational realignment to accelerate topline growth, margin accretion, and the implementation of a more disruptive, consumer-centric innovation agenda (notably the Banana Boat 360 Coverage platform) across global markets. The quarterly outcome reinforces EPC’s strategy of balancing price/mix with volume growth in international markets, and signals a disciplined approach to deleveraging and capital allocation as it seeks to return toward pre-COVID gross margins and sustainable top/bottom-line expansion.”,”keyMetrics“: