Intrust Bank NA lowered its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD – Free Report) by 19.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 7,483 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,755 shares during the quarter. Intrust Bank NA’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $719,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Allianz Asset Management GmbH lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 451.2% in the first quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 81,065 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,924,000 after purchasing an additional 66,357 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in Church & Dwight by 1.5% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 353,960 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,968,000 after purchasing an additional 5,367 shares in the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in Church & Dwight by 5.7% in the 2nd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 521,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,166,000 after buying an additional 28,201 shares during the last quarter. Triton Financial Group Inc acquired a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the second quarter valued at about $1,277,000. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 121.9% during the 2nd quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 547,601 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,618,000 after purchasing an additional 300,785 shares during the last quarter. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on CHD shares. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $103.00 to $98.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Church & Dwight from $97.00 to $92.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 4th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on Church & Dwight from $108.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Barclays set a $82.00 target price on Church & Dwight and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and five have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $99.00.
Church & Dwight Price Performance
Shares of CHD opened at $83.07 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.33, a current ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. The stock has a market cap of $19.95 billion, a PE ratio of 39.18, a PEG 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. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $87.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $92.76.
Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.27% and a net margin of 8.66%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm 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. Analysts anticipate that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Church & Dwight Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.295 per share. 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 37.11%.
Church & Dwight Company Profile
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.
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