Legal & General Group Plc Has $176.75 Million Position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Legal & General Group Plc cut its position in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 2.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 2,016,984 shares of the company’s stock after selling 46,214 shares during the quarter. Legal & General Group Plc owned 0.84% of Church & Dwight worth $176,748,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of CHD. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise lifted its stake in Church & Dwight by 34.0% in the 3rd quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise now owns 27,224 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,385,000 after acquiring an additional 6,909 shares in the last quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group grew its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 12.1% during the 3rd quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 17,176 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,480,000 after acquiring an additional 1,850 shares in the last quarter. PFG Advisors raised its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 5.9% in the third quarter. PFG Advisors now owns 57,417 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,031,000 after purchasing an additional 3,184 shares during the last quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the third quarter valued at approximately $1,227,000. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 5.5% in the third quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 7,824 shares of the company’s stock worth $686,000 after purchasing an additional 405 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Church & Dwight

In related news, Director Janet S. Vergis sold 12,960 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.00, for a total transaction of $1,308,960.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 17,102 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,727,302. This trade represents a 43.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on CHD. Citigroup restated a “neutral” rating and set a $100.00 target price (up from $87.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $100.00 price target (down from $102.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Wednesday, December 10th. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $102.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Morgan Stanley set a $105.00 price objective on Church & Dwight and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Church & Dwight from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $92.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Church & Dwight presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $101.88.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

Shares of CHD opened at $99.25 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $23.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.86, a PEG ratio of 3.67 and a beta of 0.45. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 1-year low of $81.33 and a 1-year high of $113.91. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $96.39 and its 200 day simple moving average is $90.33. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 30th. The company reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.02. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 11.88% and a return on equity of 20.05%. The firm had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.64 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.76 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Church & Dwight has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.710-3.810 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.920-0.920 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th were paid a $0.3075 dividend. This is an increase from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 13th. This represents a $1.23 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 40.73%.

Church & Dwight Company Profile

Church & Dwight Co, Inc is a U.S.-based consumer products company best known for its Arm & Hammer baking soda business. Founded in 1846 with the manufacture and marketing of sodium bicarbonate, the company has grown into a diversified maker and marketer of household, personal care and specialty products. Church & Dwight is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CHD and is headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey.

The company’s portfolio spans a range of categories including household cleaning and laundry, oral care, personal care, sexual wellness and health & wellness.