Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Posts Earnings Results, Meets Estimates

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.77, RTT News reports. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 9.08% and a return on equity of 19.90%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.65 earnings per share. Church & Dwight updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.680-3.720 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.900-0.900 EPS.

Church & Dwight Trading Down 1.7 %

NYSE:CHD traded down $1.81 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $105.31. The company had a trading volume of 1,204,833 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,531,696. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $106.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $104.18. The company has a market capitalization of $25.80 billion, a PE ratio of 47.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 0.58. 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 52 week low of $96.09 and a 52 week high of $113.50.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be issued a $0.295 dividend. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.12%. This is a boost from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 50.67%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CHD has been the subject of several recent research reports. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $99.00 to $107.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $113.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on Church & Dwight from $105.00 to $103.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $110.61.

Insider Activity at Church & Dwight

In other Church & Dwight news, Director Arthur B. Winkleblack sold 11,590 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.84, for a total value of $1,203,505.60. Following the sale, the director now owns 7,129 shares in the company, valued at approximately $740,275.36. This represents a 61.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Bradley C. Irwin sold 13,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $107.44, for a total value of $1,418,208.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 37,169 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,993,437.36. This represents a 26.21 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 593,035 shares of company stock worth $62,282,808 over the last 90 days. 2.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.