Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.680-3.720 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.720. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.3 billion-$6.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.3 billion. Church & Dwight also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.900-0.900 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. TD Cowen upped their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $99.00 to $107.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $105.00 to $103.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Barclays lifted their target price on Church & Dwight from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $110.61.

Church & Dwight Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:CHD opened at $105.36 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53. The company 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 12 month low of $96.09 and a 12 month high of $113.50. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $106.43 and its 200 day moving average is $104.18.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share 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 in the prior year, the business earned $0.65 EPS. Research analysts predict that Church & Dwight will post 3.44 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid 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 payout ratio is currently 50.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Matthew Farrell sold 165,823 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 112,719 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,613,438.57. This trade represents a 59.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Michael Read acquired 1,100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 16th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $106.82 per share, for a total transaction of $117,502.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the executive vice president now owns 2,505 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $267,584.10. This trade represents a 78.29 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have sold 593,035 shares of company stock valued at $62,282,808 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

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.