Optimize Financial Inc Acquires 844 Shares of Energizer Holdings, Inc. $ENR

Optimize Financial Inc raised its holdings in shares of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR) by 5.5% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 16,160 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 844 shares during the period. Optimize Financial Inc’s holdings in Energizer were worth $484,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of ENR. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Energizer by 1.5% in the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 907,826 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,162,000 after acquiring an additional 13,453 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Energizer by 17.7% in the 4th quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC now owns 303,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,591,000 after acquiring an additional 45,638 shares in the last quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new position in shares of Energizer in the 4th quarter worth approximately $4,701,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC raised its position in shares of Energizer by 18.1% in 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 acquiring an additional 25,105 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Energizer by 2,354.4% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 18,850 shares of the company’s stock worth $564,000 after acquiring an additional 18,082 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.74% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial increased their target price on Energizer from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Energizer from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Barclays upped their price target on Energizer from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $29.00 target price (up from $23.00) on shares of Energizer in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Energizer from $27.00 to $28.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $31.43.

Energizer Stock Performance

ENR stock opened at $28.63 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $1.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.25 and a beta of 0.69. Energizer Holdings, Inc. 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. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $25.54 and its 200-day moving average price is $25.68.

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, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.52. The firm had revenue of $725.30 million for 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business 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. On average, equities analysts forecast that Energizer Holdings, Inc. will post 3.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Energizer Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be paid a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 21st. Energizer’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.