Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.680-3.720 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.720. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.3 billion-$6.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.3 billion. Church & Dwight also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.900-0.900 EPS.

Church & Dwight Stock Performance

CHD stock traded down $1.39 on Friday, hitting $105.73. The company had a trading volume of 846,650 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,511,445. Church & Dwight has a 12-month low of $96.09 and a 12-month high of $113.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $106.43 and its 200 day simple moving average is $104.18. The stock has a market cap of $25.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.34, a P/E/G ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 0.58.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.77. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 9.08% and a return on equity of 19.90%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.65 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Church & Dwight will post 3.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.295 per share. This is a boost from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.12%. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio is presently 50.67%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $124.00 to $128.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $105.00 to $103.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 17th. TD Cowen raised their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $117.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $99.00 to $107.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $113.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $110.61.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CAO Joseph James Longo sold 7,780 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $112.44, for a total transaction of $874,783.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $44,976. The trade was a 95.11 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Maynadier Patrick D. De sold 45,120 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $112.19, for a total transaction of $5,062,012.80. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 10,325 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,158,361.75. This trade represents a 81.38 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 593,035 shares of company stock valued at $62,282,808 over the last 90 days. 2.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Church & Dwight

Church & Dwight Co, Inc engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, Specialty Products, and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, and household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements.