Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD Shares Sold by Investment House LLC

Investment House LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 56.2% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 40,069 shares of the company’s stock after selling 51,395 shares during the period. Investment House LLC’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $3,775,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. bought a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 2nd quarter valued at about $25,000. Clearstead Trust LLC purchased a new position in Church & Dwight during the second quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Field & Main Bank bought a new position in Church & Dwight in the second quarter worth approximately $34,000. Triumph Capital Management raised its stake in Church & Dwight by 516.4% in the third quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 376 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 315 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pin Oak Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Church & Dwight during the second quarter worth $39,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CHD has been the topic of several recent research reports. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $106.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Thursday, October 15th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Wednesday, October 14th. Wall Street Zen raised Church & Dwight from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 10th. TD Cowen set a $97.00 price objective on Church & Dwight and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $115.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Monday, August 3rd. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Church & Dwight has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $104.07.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Bradley Irwin sold 4,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.69, for a total transaction of $441,567.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 35,674 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,663,363.06. This represents a 10.76% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Carlos Linares sold 15,375 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total value of $1,568,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 4,668 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $476,136. This trade represents a 76.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 53,250 shares of company stock valued at $5,462,048 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

Shares of CHD opened at $108.88 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $25.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 0.49. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a twelve month low of $81.33 and a twelve month high of $108.93. The company has a quick ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The company has a 50 day moving average of $98.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of $97.42.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 31st. The company reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.90 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $1.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.50 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 20.10% and a net margin of 11.96%. Church & Dwight’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.94 earnings per share. 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, analysts predict that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th were paid a dividend of $0.3075 per share. This represents a $1.23 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 14th. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is 39.55%.

Church & Dwight Profile

Church & Dwight Co, Inc is a consumer packaged goods company that develops, manufactures and markets household, personal care and specialty products. Its portfolio is anchored by the ARM & HAMMER brand, which is used across products such as baking soda, laundry detergent, cat litter, household cleaners, oral care products and personal care items.

The company also markets a broad range of branded products, including OxiClean laundry and cleaning products, Trojan sexual wellness products, Waterpik oral health devices, First Response pregnancy and fertility tests, Nair hair-removal products, Orajel oral pain relief, TheraBreath oral care products, and vitamins and supplements sold under the Vitafusion and L’il Critters brands.