May 2- Energizer Holdings Inc:. *Bernstein raises target price to $105 from $101; rating market perform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
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May 2- Energizer Holdings Inc:. *JP Morgan raises price target to $103 from $92; rating overweight. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
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May 2- Energizer Holdings Inc:. *RBC raises target price to $108 from $94; rating outperform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
May 1- Clorox Co, the consumer products maker, reported a better-than-expected third-quarter profit on Wednesday, boosted by cost cuts and price increases, but sales missed estimates. Like peer Energizer Holdings Inc, Clorox managed to cut selling and administrative costs to offset soft sales.
Wall Street was set for a slightly lower open on Wednesday, weighed by weak results from Merck and as investors waited to hear from the U.S. **MERCK& CO INC, Tuesday close $47, down 5 pct premarket. **CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP, Tuesday close $19.54, up 5 pct premarket.
Wall Street was set for a flat open on Wednesday as investors waited to hear from the U.S. **MERCK& CO INC, Tuesday close $47, down 5 pct premarket. **CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP, Tuesday close $19.54, up 5 pct premarket.
May 1- Energizer Holdings Inc, maker of Energizer batteries and Schick razor blades, reported a much better-than-expected quarterly profit, boosted by lower commodity costs and the company's efforts to rein in expenses. On Wednesday, it said its second-quarter net earnings rose to $84.9 million, or $1.35 a share, from $77.9 million, or $1.17 a share, a year earlier.
May 1- Energizer Holdings Inc, maker of Energizer batteries and Wilkinson Sword and Schick razor blades, posted an 8 percent jump in quarterly profit, helped by cost cuts. Net earnings rose to $84.9 million, or $1.35 per share, in the second quarter from $77.9 million, or $1.17 per share, a year earlier. Sales fell marginally to $1.1 billion.
April 19- Kimberly-Clark Corp posted a bigger-than-expected jump in first-quarter earnings and raised its forecast for the year on Friday as the maker of Kleenex tissues got a boost from a severe flu season and a toilet paper rival's supply problems.
*Venezuela crimps volume, gross margin in Latin America. Jan 31- Colgate-Palmolive Co said on Thursday a key measure of sales growth slowed for the second quarter in a row as the company faced increased pressures in Venezuela, including a labor slowdown at its factory there which has since been taken care of.
*Venezuela crimps volume, gross margin in Latin America. Jan 31- Colgate-Palmolive Co said on Thursday a key measure of sales growth slowed for the second quarter in a row as the company faced increased pressure in Venezuela.
*Adjusted profit $2.20/ share vs Street view $2.15. Energizer said it earned $129.8 million, or $2.07 per share, in the fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31, down from $143.8 million, or $2.15 per share, a year earlier. Excluding items, earnings per share rose to $2.20 from $2.05, and topped analysts' target of $2.15, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Jan 31- Energizer Holdings Inc posted a lower quarterly profit on Thursday, as its businesses continue to come under pressure, though battery sales got a boost when Superstorm Sandy led people to stock up. Energizer said it earned $129.8 million, or $2.07 per share, in the fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31, down from $143.8 million, or $2.15 per share, a year earlier.