The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Energizer Holdings Inc shares valued at $494,762 were purchased by VITALE ROBERT V on May 21 ’25. At $23.55 per share, VITALE ROBERT V acquired 21,009 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 23,309 shares worth approximately $0.69 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Mulligan Donal L purchased 10,000 shares, netting a total of over 236,600 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $23.66 each, the insider now holds 10,000 shares.
Before that, Drabik John J had added 1,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $23,860, the EVP, Chief Financial Officer bought Energizer Holdings Inc shares for $23.86 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings increased to 1,000 shares, worth approximately $1.4 million.
As published in a research note from JP Morgan on November 20, 2024, Energizer Holdings Inc [ENR] has been rated up from an Underweight to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $39 from $32. Analysts at Barclays downgraded the stock from ‘”an Overweight”‘ to ‘”an Equal weight”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November. As of August 27, 2024, Truist has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for ENR. Earlier on May 08, 2024, Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal-weight” for ENR stock which previously was a “an Underweight”.
Analyzing ENR Stock Performance
On last trading session, Energizer Holdings Inc [NYSE: ENR] plunged -0.50% to $29.71. The stock’s lowest price that day was $29.39, but it reached a high of $30.21 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 31.75%. Over the course of the year, Energizer Holdings Inc shares have dropped approximately -3.13%.
Is Energizer Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Energizer Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.91 million shares to 5.39 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 4.47 million shares. A jump of 16.99% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.34 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.34.
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In terms of Energizer Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 27.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -7.9% from the previous closing price of $29.86. Analysts anticipate Energizer Holdings Inc stock to reach 29 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 26. In spite of this, 6 analysts ranked Energizer Holdings Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On November 20, 2023, UBS assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $34.
