Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Sets New 12-Month High – What’s Next?

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high on Thursday. The stock traded as high as $106.41 and last traded at $106.1250, with a volume of 934 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $105.00.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on CHD. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $106.00 price target on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Thursday, October 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Church & Dwight from $99.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $105.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, October 5th. Finally, Barclays reissued an “underweight” rating and set a $83.00 target price (down from $86.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Friday, October 16th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $104.07.

Church & Dwight Stock Up 1.7%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a current ratio of 1.15. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $98.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $97.31. The stock has a market cap of $25.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.29, a PEG ratio of 3.78 and a beta of 0.49.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 31st. The company reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.90 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $1.53 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.50 billion. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 11.96% and a return on equity of 20.10%. Church & Dwight’s revenue was up 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.94 EPS. Church & Dwight has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.890-0.890 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 3.740-3.810 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th were paid a $0.3075 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 14th. This represents a $1.23 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is presently 39.55%.

Insider Transactions at Church & Dwight

In related news, EVP Rene Hemsey sold 5,000 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.25, for a total value of $511,250.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,086 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $826,793.50. This trade represents a 38.21% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Arthur Winkleblack sold 13,200 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.83, for a total transaction of $1,357,356.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 7,129 shares in the company, valued at $733,075.07. The trade was a 64.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 53,250 shares of company stock worth $5,462,048 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Church & Dwight

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter worth $2,174,535,000. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new position in Church & Dwight during the second quarter valued at approximately $223,875,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 51.2% during the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 5,050,105 shares of the company’s stock worth $468,902,000 after buying an additional 1,709,090 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc bought a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter worth $153,639,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in Church & Dwight in the second quarter valued at about $125,483,000. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Church & Dwight Company Profile

Church & Dwight Co, Inc is a consumer packaged goods company that develops, manufactures and markets household, personal care and specialty products. Its portfolio is anchored by the ARM & HAMMER brand, which is used across products such as baking soda, laundry detergent, cat litter, household cleaners, oral care products and personal care items.

The company also markets a broad range of branded products, including OxiClean laundry and cleaning products, Trojan sexual wellness products, Waterpik oral health devices, First Response pregnancy and fertility tests, Nair hair-removal products, Orajel oral pain relief, TheraBreath oral care products, and vitamins and supplements sold under the Vitafusion and L’il Critters brands.