Energizer Holdings, Inc. $ENR Shares Bought by Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC

Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC boosted its position in shares of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR) by 134.8% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 46,473 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 26,680 shares during the period. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC’s holdings in Energizer were worth $937,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in ENR. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Energizer by 0.3% in the first quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 349,568 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,459,000 after acquiring an additional 1,183 shares during the last quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC acquired a new stake in Energizer during the 1st quarter worth $1,588,000. Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Energizer during the first quarter worth $1,257,000. Allianz Asset Management GmbH raised its position in shares of Energizer by 29.3% in the first quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 10,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $317,000 after buying an additional 2,400 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Choreo LLC lifted its stake in shares of Energizer by 6.0% in the first quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 15,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $475,000 after buying an additional 901 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.74% of the company’s stock.

Energizer Price Performance

Energizer stock opened at $24.22 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.57, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 1.78. The company has a market capitalization of $1.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 6.98 and a beta of 0.63. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $25.51 and its 200-day simple moving average is $24.55. Energizer Holdings, Inc. has a 1 year low of $19.70 and a 1 year high of $39.51.

Energizer (NYSE:ENR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 4th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter. Energizer had a return on equity of 181.90% and a net margin of 8.60%.The business had revenue of $684.10 million during the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Energizer Holdings, Inc. will post 3.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Energizer Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 25th will be given a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 25th. Energizer’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.58%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

ENR has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Energizer in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Wall Street Zen cut Energizer from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, September 13th. Barclays boosted their price objective on Energizer from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on Energizer from $30.00 to $28.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Finally, Zacks Research lowered shares of Energizer from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, October 27th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $31.00.

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.