Sustainable Insight Capital Management LLC Sells 5,755 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Sustainable Insight Capital Management LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 51.5% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 5,428 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,755 shares during the period. Sustainable Insight Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $522,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Allianz Asset Management GmbH grew its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 451.2% in the first quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 81,065 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,924,000 after acquiring an additional 66,357 shares in the last quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Church & Dwight by 1,201.4% during the first quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 8,342 shares of the company’s stock worth $918,000 after purchasing an additional 7,701 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its stake in Church & Dwight by 1.5% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 353,960 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,968,000 after buying an additional 5,367 shares in the last quarter. Triton Financial Group Inc bought a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,277,000. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 11.7% during the first quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 493,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,358,000 after buying an additional 51,636 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on CHD. Redburn Partners set a $83.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Monday, July 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $97.00 to $92.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on Church & Dwight from $108.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 25th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price target on Church & Dwight from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $99.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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 purchased at an average cost 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. The trade was a 25.16% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.

Church & Dwight Stock Performance

NYSE CHD opened at $86.17 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.69 billion, a PE ratio of 40.65, a P/E/G ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.84 and a quick ratio of 1.33. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $88.89 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $93.58. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 1 year low of $81.33 and a 1 year high of $116.46.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.08. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 8.66% and a return on equity of 19.27%. The company had revenue of $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.79 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Church & Dwight has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.830-0.83 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.490-3.49 EPS. Analysts predict that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.295 per share. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 14th. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is 37.11%.

Church & Dwight Company Profile

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.