Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Releases Earnings Results, Hits Estimates

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday. The company reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.77, RTT News reports. 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 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 Stock Performance

CHD opened at $105.36 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $25.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.24, a PEG ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 0.58. Church & Dwight has a fifty-two week low of $96.09 and a fifty-two week high of $113.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.62. The company has a fifty day moving average of $106.30 and a 200 day moving average of $104.21.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.295 per share. This is a positive change 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 1.12%. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio is currently 50.67%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Arthur B. Winkleblack sold 11,590 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the director now directly owns 7,129 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $740,275.36. This represents a 61.92 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Matthew Farrell sold 165,823 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.03, for a total transaction of $17,084,743.69. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 112,719 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,613,438.57. This trade represents a 59.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 593,035 shares of company stock worth $62,282,808 in the last 90 days. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

About Church & Dwight

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.