---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001632790-23-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ENR"
cik: "0001632790"
company_name: "ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T00:07:18.729529+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energizer Q1 adj. EPS $0.72, net sales $765M (-9.6%); reaffirms FY23 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $765.1M, down 9.6% (organic -5.4%); net earnings $49.0M ($0.68 diluted EPS).
- Adjusted EPS $0.72 vs $1.03 prior year; Adjusted EBITDA $145.6M vs $161.8M.
- Operating cash flow $161.0M; free cash flow $152.2M (~20% of sales); debt paydown $55.7M in Q1, $53M post-Q1.
- FY2023 outlook reaffirmed: organic revenue low single digit increase; adj. EBITDA $585-615M; adj. EPS $3.00-$3.30.
- Gross margin improved to 39.0% (up 150 bps adjusted) driven by pricing and Project Momentum savings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001632790-23-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ENR
- cik: 0001632790
- company_name: ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279023000015/0001632790-23-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279023000015/enr-20230206.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC. reported the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $765.1 million, net income $49.0, EPS $0.68. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $765.1 million
  - Net income: $49.0
  - EPS: $0.68
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: priorities, and are confident in our ability to deliver on our current year plans as well as our long-term objectives.” Top-Line Performance For the quarter, we had Net sales of $765.1 million compared to $846.3 million in the prior year period. First Quarter % Chg Net sales - FY'22 $ 846.3 Organic (45.6) (5.4) % Change in Argentina 1.3 0.2 % Change in Russia (7.5)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632790/000163279023000015/0001632790-23-000015-index.htm

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