Is the business good?
How good a business is EPC?
Edgewell Personal Care Company earns 0.56% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
0.56%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 8.4 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 0.80%
Operating margin · Household & Personal Products median 15% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −2.9%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
- R&D as % of revenue
- 2.8%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 9.0% |
| FY2021 | 11% |
| FY2022 | 8.4% |
| FY2023 | 10% |
| FY2024 | 8.8% |
| FY2025 | 4.3% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 41%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 0.80%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- −3.7%
- Free cash flow margin
- 2.3%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 2.8%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $2.11B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $49M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- −$78M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 0.56%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Household & Personal Products
Ranks #12 of 13 by Smart Score