Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD Shares Sold by ProShare Advisors LLC

ProShare Advisors LLC cut its stake in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 2.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,591,730 shares of the company’s stock after selling 43,807 shares during the period. ProShare Advisors LLC owned 0.65% of Church & Dwight worth $152,981,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Motco acquired a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 1st quarter valued at about $46,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight during the second quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight during the first quarter valued at approximately $53,000. State of Wyoming bought a new position in Church & Dwight during the 1st quarter worth approximately $69,000. Finally, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. grew its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 19.5% in the 1st quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 687 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,000 after acquiring an additional 112 shares in the last quarter. 86.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Church & Dwight

In related news, CEO Richard A. Dierker purchased 5,470 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $91.57 per share, with a total value of $500,887.90. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer owned 27,212 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,491,802.84. The trade was a 25.16% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on CHD shares. Bank of America reduced their price objective on Church & Dwight from $120.00 to $105.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Evercore ISI dropped their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $102.00 to $101.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, August 4th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Barclays set a $82.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 4th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn cut shares of Church & Dwight from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $83.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Monday, July 14th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and five have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $99.00.

Church & Dwight Stock Up 0.9%

CHD opened at $87.00 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $88.76 and its 200 day moving average price is $93.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.84 and a quick ratio of 1.33. The stock has a market cap of $20.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.04, a P/E/G ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 0.42. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 12 month low of $81.33 and a 12 month high of $116.46.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.27% and a net margin of 8.66%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.79 earnings per share. Church & Dwight has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.830-0.83 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.490-3.49 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.295 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 14th. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.