Brokerages Set Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) Target Price at $103.44

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) has been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the eighteen research firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have given a hold recommendation and seven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $103.4375.

CHD has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn cut shares of Church & Dwight from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $83.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Monday, July 14th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Saturday, September 27th. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $84.00 to $83.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 4th. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $102.00 to $103.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $97.00 to $92.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 4th.

Church & Dwight Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NYSE CHD opened at $87.88 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $21.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.45, a P/E/G ratio of 3.63 and a beta of 0.43. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $92.04 and a 200 day moving average price of $96.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a current ratio of 1.84. Church & Dwight has a 52-week low of $85.08 and a 52-week high of $116.46.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $1.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.48 billion. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 8.66% and a return on equity of 19.27%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.93 earnings per share. Church & Dwight has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.440-3.510 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.720-0.720 EPS. Analysts expect that Church & Dwight will post 3.7 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 15th were issued a $0.295 dividend. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 15th. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio is 55.66%.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Richard A. Dierker purchased 5,470 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was bought at an average price of $91.57 per share, for a total transaction of $500,887.90. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer directly owned 27,212 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,491,802.84. This represents a 25.16% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Lee B. Mcchesney purchased 5,409 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 8th. The stock was bought at an average price of $91.38 per share, with a total value of $494,274.42. Following the acquisition, the executive vice president directly owned 5,409 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $494,274.42. This trade represents a ∞ increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders purchased 12,879 shares of company stock worth $1,177,702 over the last quarter. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Church & Dwight

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.5% in the first quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 21,115 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,325,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares in the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 42.1% in the first quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 378 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares in the last quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 19.5% in the first quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 687 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.8% in the second quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 14,325 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,343,000 after purchasing an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KFG Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.2% in the first quarter. KFG Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,476 shares of the company’s stock worth $603,000 after purchasing an additional 119 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

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 Division (SPD), and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements.