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

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.440-3.510 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.483. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Church & Dwight also updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.720-0.720 EPS.

Church & Dwight Trading Down 2.4%

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NYSE CHD opened at $93.65 on Friday. Church & Dwight has a 12 month low of $90.99 and a 12 month high of $116.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.95 and a quick ratio of 1.43. The company has a market capitalization of $23.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 0.51. The company's fifty day moving average price is $97.30 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $101.82.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.09. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 9.52% and a return on equity of 19.28%. As a group, research analysts predict that Church & Dwight will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

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The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.295 per share. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 15th. Church & Dwight's dividend payout ratio is 50.64%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have weighed in on CHD shares. Evercore ISI dropped their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $106.00 to $102.00 and set an "in-line" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $105.00 to $108.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $92.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Church & Dwight from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, June 21st. Finally, Redburn Partners set a $83.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Monday, July 14th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and seven 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 $104.38.

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Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Richard A. Dierker bought 7,950 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 13th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $94.66 per share, with a total value of $752,547.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer owned 16,358 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,548,448.28. This represents a 94.55% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Ravichandra Krishnamu Saligram sold 14,660 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.00, for a total transaction of $1,451,340.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 13,747 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,360,953. The trade was a 51.61% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 50,575 shares of company stock worth $4,910,586 in the last 90 days. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Church & Dwight

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Church & Dwight stock. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD - Free Report) by 4.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 24,274 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 945 shares during the quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.'s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $2,672,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.60% 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 Division (SPD), and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements.

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