Investment House LLC Trims Stock Position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Investment House LLC trimmed its position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 17.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 115,238 shares of the company’s stock after selling 24,934 shares during the quarter. Investment House LLC’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $11,075,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,830,529 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,059,232,000 after buying an additional 388,890 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its stake in Church & Dwight by 3.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,467,055 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,294,319,000 after acquiring an additional 387,667 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Church & Dwight by 2.9% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,290,207 shares of the company’s stock worth $601,991,000 after acquiring an additional 177,990 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in Church & Dwight by 25.1% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,510,113 shares of the company’s stock valued at $337,357,000 after purchasing an additional 703,171 shares during the period. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,269,079 shares of the company’s stock valued at $319,193,000 after purchasing an additional 29,369 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Church & Dwight Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of NYSE CHD opened at $83.26 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $19.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.18, a PEG ratio of 3.96 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 12-month low of $81.33 and a 12-month high of $116.46. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $85.50 and its 200-day simple moving average is $91.52.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last released its earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.08. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.32% and a net margin of 12.74%.The firm had revenue of $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.79 earnings per share. Church & Dwight’s revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Church & Dwight has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.830-0.83 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 3.490-3.49 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 1st. Investors of record on Friday, November 14th were issued a $0.295 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 14th. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 37.11%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on CHD. Citigroup cut their price objective on Church & Dwight from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $108.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price target (down from $102.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Wednesday. UBS Group lowered their target price on Church & Dwight from $103.00 to $98.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Monday. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and five have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $99.22.

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.