Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD Stock Bought by Mather Group LLC.

Mather Group LLC. increased its holdings in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 157.0% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 11,706 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 7,152 shares during the quarter. Mather Group LLC.’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $1,103,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight in the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Clearstead Trust LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the second quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Field & Main Bank acquired a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $34,000. Finally, Triumph Capital Management raised its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 516.4% during the 3rd quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 376 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 315 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Church & Dwight

In related news, Director Bradley C. Irwin sold 4,300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.69, for a total value of $441,567.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 35,674 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,663,363.06. This represents a 10.76% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Rene Hemsey sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.25, for a total value of $511,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,086 shares in the company, valued at $826,793.50. The trade was a 38.21% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 53,250 shares of company stock valued at $5,462,048. Insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on CHD shares. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $106.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Thursday. TD Cowen set a $97.00 price target on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $105.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 5th. Barclays reissued an “underweight” rating and issued a $83.00 price target (down from $86.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Friday. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Wednesday. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Church & Dwight presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $103.81.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

CHD stock traded up $1.29 during trading on Friday, hitting $104.37. The stock had a trading volume of 2,544,885 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,826,429. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.15 and a quick ratio of 0.69. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a twelve month low of $81.33 and a twelve month high of $106.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.56, a PEG ratio of 3.67 and a beta of 0.49. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $98.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $97.03.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 31st. The company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.90 by ($0.01). Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 20.10% and a net margin of 11.96%. The firm had revenue of $1.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.50 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.94 earnings per share. Church & Dwight’s quarterly revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. Church & Dwight has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.890-0.890 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 3.740-3.810 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 14th were paid a $0.3075 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 14th. This represents a $1.23 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is currently 39.55%.

About Church & Dwight

Church & Dwight Co, Inc is a consumer packaged goods company best known for its Arm & Hammer brand. Founded in 1846, the company began by marketing baking soda and has expanded into a broad portfolio of household, personal care and specialty products.

Its consumer products include laundry detergents and additives, cat litter, cleaning products, oral care items, personal care products, condoms and pregnancy tests, vitamins and supplements, hair-care products, depilatories and water flossers.