Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) Receives $104.41 Consensus PT from Brokerages

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eighteen brokerages that are covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eight have issued a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $104.4118.

CHD has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Barclays boosted their price target on Church & Dwight from $79.00 to $86.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $115.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Monday, August 3rd. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and set a $107.00 target price (up from $104.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $110.00 target price (up from $105.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $105.00 price target (up from $100.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Monday, August 3rd.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Bradley Irwin sold 4,300 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.69, for a total transaction of $441,567.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 35,674 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,663,363.06. The trade was a 10.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Carlos Linares sold 15,375 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.00, for a total value of $1,568,250.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 4,668 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $476,136. This represents a 76.71% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 53,250 shares of company stock valued at $5,462,048 in the last 90 days. 1.20% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CHD. Godfrey Financial Associates Inc. purchased a new position in Church & Dwight during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. bought a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the second quarter worth approximately $25,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Clearstead Trust LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the second quarter worth $33,000. Finally, Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management bought a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight during the 4th quarter valued at $34,000. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

NYSE CHD opened at $94.76 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $98.82 and its 200-day moving average price is $97.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.47, a PEG ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 0.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.15 and a quick ratio of 0.69. Church & Dwight has a 1-year low of $81.33 and a 1-year high of $106.04.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 31st. The company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.90 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $1.53 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.50 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 20.10% and a net margin of 11.96%.The business’s revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.94 EPS. Church & Dwight has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.890-0.890 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 3.740-3.810 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Church & Dwight will post 3.78 earnings per share for the current year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 14th were paid a $0.3075 dividend. This represents a $1.23 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 14th. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio is 39.55%.

Church & Dwight Company Profile

Church & Dwight Co, Inc is a consumer products company best known for its Arm & Hammer brand. The company develops, manufactures and markets products for household cleaning, laundry, personal care, oral care and specialty applications.

Its portfolio includes baking soda and baking soda-based products, laundry detergents and additives, cat litter, deodorants, oral-care products, hair-removal products, condoms and pregnancy-test kits. Other recognized brands include OxiClean, Nair, Waterpik, Trojan, First Response, Vitafusion, L’il Critters and Batiste.

Founded in 1846, Church & Dwight has expanded from its original baking soda business into a diversified consumer products company.