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Shaving products account for most of Edgewell Personal Care Company’s sales. It supplies razors, replacement blades and shaving preparations under brands including Schick, Wilkinson Sword and Billie, and also makes razors and blades sold under retailers’ own labels. Retailers buy its products to resell to consumers; distributors, wholesalers and the company’s own websites provide additional routes to buyers. Most sales come from products carrying its own brands.
Sun and skin care is its next-largest business, including Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen, Wet Ones wipes and men’s grooming brands such as Cremo. It also sells tampons, pads and liners under brands including Playtex and Carefree. The board has approved a proposed sale of the feminine-care business, but completion remains uncertain.
The business depends on consumers choosing its brands and retailers continuing to stock and order them. Walmart is its largest customer and supplies a substantial share of sales across all three businesses. Major customers generally buy through purchase orders rather than guaranteed minimum purchases. Sun-care demand is seasonal and depends partly on summer weather.
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Edgewell’s results hinge chiefly on shaving demand and competitive pricing, so watch rivals Bic, private-label specialist Dorco and Harry’s as well as the companies listed here.
P&G’s Gillette competes for the consumers buying Edgewell’s core razors and blades, while P&G’s feminine-care products also compete with Edgewell’s brands. Gillette’s pricing and promotions are worth watching as Edgewell faces lower volumes and higher promotions in North American wet shave.
Kenvue competes for Edgewell’s sun-care and men’s skin-care customers through a portfolio that includes Neutrogena and Aveeno. Watch its sun-care product launches and promotions in a market where frequent introductions and heavy advertising compete for consumers’ spending.
Edgewell depends on Walmart’s orders: the retailer and its subsidiaries bought products across all three segments and accounted for approximately 17.4% of Edgewell’s fiscal 2025 net sales. Walmart buys goods to sell through stores and online; reductions in its Edgewell orders or tougher price negotiations can hurt Edgewell’s sales and profitability.
Philips offers shaving customers an alternative to Edgewell’s razors and blades: its electric shavers and OneBlade grooming products compete for the same customers.
Kimberly-Clark competes with Edgewell for consumers buying feminine-care products, including Edgewell’s tampons, pads and liners. Edgewell’s proposed sale of that business would reduce the overlap, making completion of the sale more important to this tie than Kimberly-Clark’s wider results.
Unilever competes for the men buying Edgewell’s Bulldog, Cremo and Jack Black skin-care products, rather than its core razors and blades. Its men’s skin-care pricing and brand investment are the relevant signals for Edgewell’s products across everyday and luxury price points.
Procter & Gamble Company earningsPG
If P&G discusses Gillette sales, pricing or promotions, its report will show whether competition is intensifying for the same shaving customers Edgewell is trying to win.
Look for P&G's disclosures on Gillette sales, pricing and promotions, and compare them with Edgewell's North American Wet Shave volume and promotion levels. Steady Gillette sales without heavier promotions would suggest that market demand or Edgewell's own execution may explain the difference in results. If Gillette also needs more promotions, both companies are facing harder-to-win customers, making Edgewell's volume and profit harder to recover.
Kenvue Inc. earningsKVUE
If Kenvue reports on sun-care sales and promotions, its results will show whether demand and competition for sun-care shoppers are putting pressure on Edgewell's Sun Care business.
See whether Kenvue's disclosed sun-care sales come with heavier promotions, then compare that picture with Edgewell's Sun Care sales and profit. Steady sales without much promotion would suggest consumers are still buying and the fight is mainly over market share. Weaker sales or more promotions would mean brands have to work harder for the same spending, making Edgewell's volume and profit harder to improve.
Edgewell Personal Care Company earningsThis company
Edgewell's report will show whether its North American shaving business can steady sales without relying on heavier promotions that squeeze profit.
Read North American Wet Shave volume and promotion levels alongside the segment's profit. Steady volume without heavier promotions, and resilient profit, would show that consumers are still buying Edgewell's shaving products and cost pressure is being contained. Falling volume, heavier promotions and weaker profit would show that discounting is not restoring demand and savings are not enough to offset pressure.
Retail Sales MoM (Oct)
Retail sales track what consumers spend at stores, and stronger or weaker demand can change retailer orders for Edgewell’s Schick razors and blades, sun-care products and other personal-care goods, affecting its sales and the promotions needed to sell them.
Read stronger retail sales as a potential lift to retailer orders and Edgewell’s product volumes, and weaker sales as a potential drag that may require more promotions; the impact can differ across its product categories.
Walmart Inc. earningsWMT
Walmart's report will show how customer demand and price competition are changing at a retailer that accounts for a substantial share of Edgewell's sales, offering clues about order and pricing pressure on Edgewell.
Read Walmart's sales growth alongside its margins and comments on price competition. Steady sales with resilient margins would suggest retail demand is supportive and its pressure as a major Edgewell customer may be more limited. Weaker sales or squeezed margins could make Walmart more inclined to seek lower prices or reduce purchases. Walmart's overall results cannot confirm changes in its specific Edgewell orders, but they can show the conditions facing this important customer.
