EPC Technical Analysis - EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE CO

Technical Rating and Analysis

We assign a technical rating of 0 out of 10 to EPC. EPC's overall performance in the market is below average. Also recent evolutions are not that positive. Both the medium and short term picture give negative signs.

Both the long and short term trends are negative. It is better to avoid buying stocks with negative trends.

When comparing the yearly performance of all stocks, EPC is a bad performer in the overall market: 94% of all stocks are doing better.

EPC is part of the Personal Care Products industry. There are 36 other stocks in this industry, of which 71% are performing better than EPC.

EPC is currently trading near the lower end of its 52 week range, which is not a good sign. Certainly not because the S&P500 Index is trading near new 52 week highs at the moment.

In the last month EPC has a been trading in the 19.25 - 21.05 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range where prices have been consolidating recently, this may present a good entry opportunity, but some resistance may be present above.

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Setup Rating and Analysis

Although the technical rating is bad, EPC does present a nice setup opportunity. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period.

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Support and Resistance Analysis

19.23

23.84

We found 1 important support area.

A support zone ranging from 19.42 to 19.65. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

We can see 3 important resistance areas.

A resistance zone ranging from 20.06 to 20.44. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
Resistance @20.88 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
A resistance zone ranging from 23.41 to 23.60. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.

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Technical Indicator Signal Analysis

The Technical Rating and Setup analysis above combine different indicators and trends in different timeframes. Individual signals from indicators may give more contradictive signals and should always be interpreted in the more global context.

Indicator	Value	Signal	Comment
ChartMill Long Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The long term trend for EPC is down.
ChartMill Short Term Trend Indicator	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The short term trend for EPC is down.
ChartMill Relative Strength	6.59	NEGATIVE	EPC has a low relative strength, it was outperformed by 93.41% off all stocks on the market.
Simple Moving Average/SMA (20)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of EPC is below a declining SMA(20).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (50)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of EPC is below a declining SMA(50).
Simple Moving Average/SMA (200)	DOWN	NEGATIVE	The current price of EPC is below a declining SMA(200).
Relative Strength Index/RSI (14)	41.29	NEUTRAL	The RSI value for EPC is a neutral value.
Moving Average Convergence Divergence/MACD (12, 26, 9)	0.11	POSITIVE	The MACD value suggests EPC has a positive trend, although the MACD value is declining.
Stochastics (14,3)	42.61	NEUTRAL	The Stochastics value for EPC is a neutral value.
Average True Range in percent/ATR (20)	2.83	MEDIUM VOLATILITY	The ATR as a percentage value for EPC suggests some volalility.
Average Directional Index/ADX (14)	29.12	POSITIVE	The high ADX value value for EPC suggests a strong trend.