Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of $104.41

Posted by Brenda Bartman on Sep 25th, 2026

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD – Get Free Report) has received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the eighteen research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eight have issued a hold recommendation and nine have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $104.41.

CHD has been the subject of several analyst reports. Morgan Stanley set a $112.00 target price on Church & Dwight in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Church & Dwight from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 19th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $115.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $105.00 price target (up from $100.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Monday, August 3rd.

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Church & Dwight Trading Down 0.7%

Shares of NYSE CHD opened at $95.31 on Friday. Church & Dwight has a 1-year low of $81.33 and a 1-year high of $106.04. The company has a 50-day moving average of $98.71 and a two-hundred day moving average of $96.92. The company has a market cap of $22.61 billion, a PE ratio of 30.65, a P/E/G ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 0.47. The company has a current ratio of 1.15, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, July 31st. The company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.90 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $1.53 billion for 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 company’s revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter 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. As a group, equities analysts expect that Church & Dwight will post 3.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Transactions at Church & Dwight

In other Church & Dwight news, Director Bradley Irwin sold 4,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.69, for a total value of $441,567.00. Following the sale, the director owned 35,674 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,663,363.06. The trade was a 10.76% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Carlos Linares sold 15,375 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.00, for a total transaction of $1,583,625.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 4,668 shares in the company, valued at approximately $480,804. 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 worth $5,462,048 in the last 90 days. 2.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Godfrey Financial Associates Inc. bought a new stake in Church & Dwight during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Clearstead Trust LLC bought a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, Field & Main Bank acquired a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter worth about $34,000. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Church & Dwight

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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.