Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) Receives $99.00 Average Target Price from Brokerages

Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) have earned an average rating of “Hold” from the eighteen ratings firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation and six have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $99.00.

Several brokerages recently commented on CHD. Oppenheimer set a $100.00 target price on Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Evercore ISI dropped their price objective on Church & Dwight from $102.00 to $101.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, August 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on Church & Dwight from $97.00 to $92.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 4th. Barclays set a $82.00 target price on Church & Dwight and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Finally, Bank of America dropped their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $120.00 to $105.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th.

Institutional Trading of Church & Dwight

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CHD. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter valued at $303,907,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the 1st quarter worth $106,736,000. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 3,269.4% during the second quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 896,306 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,134,000 after purchasing an additional 869,705 shares during the period. Candlestick Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight during the third quarter valued at $75,506,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.4% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,441,639 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,461,410,000 after purchasing an additional 750,575 shares during the last quarter. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

Shares of NYSE CHD opened at $82.73 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $19.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.02, a P/E/G ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 0.42. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $86.59 and its 200 day simple moving average is $92.44. Church & Dwight has a fifty-two week low of $81.33 and a fifty-two week high of $116.46. The company has a quick ratio of 1.33, a current ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last released its earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.08. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 8.66% and a return on equity of 19.27%. The firm had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.79 EPS. Church & Dwight’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. Church & Dwight has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.830-0.83 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.490-3.49 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Church & Dwight will post 3.7 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Investors of record on Friday, November 14th will be issued a $0.295 dividend. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 14th. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is presently 37.11%.

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.