Edgewell Personal Care
EPC
$16.73 -1.06%
Exchange: NYSE | Sector: Consumer Defensive | Industry: Household Personal Products
Q4 2024
Published: Nov 21, 2024

Earnings Highlights

  • Revenue of $517.60M down 3.1% year-over-year
  • EPS of $-1.79 decreased by 412.1% from previous year
  • Gross margin of 41.1%
  • Net income of 8.80M
  • ""I have never been more confident than I am now that we can deliver consistent and reliable growth and value creation over the coming years."" - Rod Little
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Executive Summary

Edgewellโ€™s Q4 2024 results reflect a complex margin-and-growth ecosystem: the company delivered modest organic growth for the full year, with international markets driving volume and price gains while North America faced sustained headwinds in Wet Shave and Fem Care. Management emphasized a disciplined capital allocation framework, productivity initiatives, and a sharp focus on consumer-centric innovation to drive mid-single-digit growth internationally and stabilize U.S. shave and feminine care segments. Gross margin demonstrated meaningful accretion, supported by productivity savings and pricing actions, even as higher promotions and commodity costs moderated the pace of margin expansion. Cash generation remained robust, enabling deleveraging to ~3x and shareholder returns through buybacks and dividends. For FY25, EPC projects 1%โ€“3% organic net sales growth (with currency tailwinds modestly offset by headwinds), about 75โ€“90 bps of gross margin expansion (CC), and approximately $3.15โ€“$3.35 in adjusted EPS, backed by roughly $185 million in free cash flow. The plan hinges on international growth acceleration, a reenergized U.S. shave and Fem Care franchise under new North American leadership, and a strong innovation engine across Billie, Cremo, Banana Boat, and Wilkinson Sword. Investors should monitor currency dynamics, promotional intensity, supply-chain normalization, and the execution of the new regional leadership structure as primary variables to watch in FY25.

Key Performance Indicators

Revenue
Decreasing
517.60M
QoQ: -20.10% | YoY: -3.09%
Gross Profit
Decreasing
212.80M
41.11% margin
QoQ: -25.88% | YoY: -6.67%
Operating Income
Decreasing
20.40M
QoQ: -76.44% | YoY: -60.39%
Net Income
Decreasing
8.80M
QoQ: -82.04% | YoY: -71.88%
EPS
Decreasing
-1.81
QoQ: -282.83% | YoY: -412.07%

Revenue Trend

Margin Analysis

Historical Earnings Comparison

PeriodRevenue ($M)EPS ($)YoY GrowthReport
Q2 2025 580.70 0.60 -3.1% View
Q1 2025 478.40 -0.04 -2.2% View
Q4 2024 517.60 -1.79 -3.1% View
Q3 2024 647.80 0.98 -0.3% View
Q2 2024 599.40 0.72 +0.2% View