Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.900-0.900 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.980. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.5 billion-$1.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.6 billion. Church & Dwight also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.680-3.720 EPS.

Church & Dwight Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of NYSE CHD opened at $107.14 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $106.54 and its 200 day simple moving average is $104.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 1.62 and a quick ratio of 1.09. Church & Dwight has a fifty-two week low of $96.09 and a fifty-two week high of $113.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.05, a P/E/G ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 0.58.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.77. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.90% and a net margin of 9.08%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.65 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Church & Dwight will post 3.44 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a $0.295 dividend. 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 dividend yield of 1.10%. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio is 50.67%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on CHD. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $113.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. TD Cowen lifted their target price on Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Church & Dwight from $105.00 to $103.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 17th. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Church & Dwight from $124.00 to $128.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on Church & Dwight from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $110.61.

Insider Activity at Church & Dwight

In related news, Director Arthur B. Winkleblack sold 11,590 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.84, for a total transaction of $1,203,505.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 7,129 shares in the company, valued at approximately $740,275.36. This trade represents a 61.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Matthew Farrell sold 165,823 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.03, for a total value of $17,084,743.69. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 112,719 shares in the company, valued at $11,613,438.57. This represents a 59.53 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 593,035 shares of company stock valued at $62,282,808. Insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

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, 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.