By Connor Hart

Energizer said it is making progress against its growth initiatives, expanding gross margins and guiding for adjusted earnings to come in at the high end of its outlook for the year.

The battery manufacturer on Tuesday posted a profit of $10.1 million, or 15 cents a share, for its three months ended March 31, compared with $28.3 million, or 39 cents a share, in the same quarter last year.

Stripping out certain one-time items, earnings were 94 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet expected adjusted earnings of 47 cents a share.

Net sales fell 3% to $643.3 million, missing Wall Street models for $661.9 million.

Chief Executive Mark LaVigne said that, during the recent quarter, Energizer made meaningful progress against its priorities to restore growth, rebuild margins hurt by tariffs, and return the business to its long-term historical cash flow profile.

He highlighted "significant gross margin recovery and growing confidence in a return to organic growth in the back half of the year."

Gross margin percentage during the latest quarter was 40.2%, up from 39.1% in the prior year.

Looking ahead, Energizer now expects to deliver adjusted per-share earnings for the year at the high end of its previously provided range of $3.30 to $3.60. Net sales are projected to be up in the low single-digit percent range.

For the current quarter, Energizer guided for adjusted earnings of 75 cents to 85 cents a share, compared with analyst views for 93 cents a share.

Shares ticked up 1.7%, to $19.66, in premarket trading.

Write to Connor Hart at connor.hart@wsj.com

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