Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD Shares Purchased by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 3,269.4% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 896,306 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 869,705 shares during the quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $86,134,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Stance Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight in the second quarter valued at about $1,287,000. North Dallas Bank & Trust Co. acquired a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $216,000. Advisory Services Network LLC boosted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.8% in the second quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 14,325 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,343,000 after buying an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new position in Church & Dwight in the second quarter worth $62,000. Finally, CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co raised its position in Church & Dwight by 8.5% in the second quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 271,420 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,120,000 after acquiring an additional 21,364 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $100.00 price target (down previously from $102.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Wednesday. Oppenheimer set a $100.00 price target on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 21st. Barclays set a $82.00 price target on Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. UBS Group reduced their price objective 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, Argus lowered their target price on Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $102.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Church & Dwight currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $99.22.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:CHD opened at $84.59 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a current ratio of 1.09. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $85.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $91.34. The stock has a market cap of $20.31 billion, a PE ratio of 26.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.24 and a beta of 0.46. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a one year low of $81.33 and a one year high of $116.46.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.32% and a net margin of 12.74%.The business’s revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.79 earnings per share. 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. On average, analysts forecast that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th were given a $0.295 dividend. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 14th. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is currently 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.