Analysts were expecting Energizer Holdings Inc. (ENR) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $1.16 for last quarter, but ENR missed expectations with actual earnings of $1.08---8 cents below the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $1.67 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that ENR’s earnings are down this year.

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Also, if you compare ENR's 9.33% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 9.65% for the Personal Products industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect ENR to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Personal Products industry, you can see how analysts believe ENR will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe KMB's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 9.12% while CL's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 9.75%.

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