Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Buys 18,853 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH raised its stake in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 5.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 380,450 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,853 shares during the quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $36,565,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the first quarter worth approximately $106,736,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Church & Dwight by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,441,639 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,461,410,000 after buying an additional 750,575 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings in Church & Dwight by 48.3% in the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,115,040 shares of the company’s stock worth $232,845,000 after acquiring an additional 688,863 shares during the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the first quarter valued at about $35,521,000. Finally, Citigroup Inc. increased its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 143.1% in the first quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 541,393 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,602,000 after acquiring an additional 318,706 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on CHD. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $103.00 to $98.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped 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. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Barclays set a $82.00 target price on Church & Dwight and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Church & Dwight currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $99.00.

Church & Dwight Trading Down 1.2%

NYSE CHD opened at $83.07 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.95 billion, a PE ratio of 39.18, a P/E/G ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 0.42. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $87.61 and its 200 day moving average is $92.76. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a twelve month low of $81.33 and a twelve month 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 announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.59 billion during 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 company’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter 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. Research analysts forecast 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 disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Investors 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 payout ratio is presently 37.11%.

Church & Dwight 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.