Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD Stake Boosted by BNP Paribas Financial Markets

Posted by Stanley Muller on Jun 5th, 2026

BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its stake in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD – Free Report) by 16.4% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 299,562 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 42,129 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets’ holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $25,118,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,786,818 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,208,139,000 after acquiring an additional 319,763 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors grew its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 9,568,128 shares of the company’s stock valued at $838,252,000 after acquiring an additional 50,296 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 3.0% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 6,136,330 shares of the company’s stock valued at $537,736,000 after acquiring an additional 175,960 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,653,852 shares of the company’s stock valued at $320,187,000 after acquiring an additional 143,739 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,341,015 shares of the company’s stock valued at $276,101,000 after acquiring an additional 23,677 shares in the last quarter. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on CHD. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Church & Dwight from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, May 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $114.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $98.00 to $99.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. TD Cowen upped their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $99.00 to $112.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $91.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Church & Dwight presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $103.00.

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Church & Dwight Trading Up 1.2%

Shares of NYSE:CHD opened at $94.04 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.28 billion, a PE ratio of 30.94, a P/E/G ratio of 3.35 and a beta of 0.47. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 1 year low of $81.33 and a 1 year high of $106.04. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $94.83 and a 200 day moving average price of $92.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.22, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 1st. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.93 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.46 billion. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 11.81% and a return on equity of 20.51%. Church & Dwight’s revenue for the quarter was up .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.91 earnings per share. Church & Dwight has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.880 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 3.710-3.810 EPS. Analysts expect that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.76 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th were given a dividend of $0.3075 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.23 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is currently 40.46%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Church & Dwight news, Director Penry W. Price sold 7,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.58, for a total transaction of $704,060.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 30,070 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,024,440.60. The trade was a 18.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Church & Dwight

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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.