Argus Cuts Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Price Target to $102.00

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) had its price target reduced by Argus from $110.00 to $102.00 in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, MarketBeat.com reports. Argus currently has a buy rating on the stock.

A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on the company. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Monday, December 1st. Barclays set a $82.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $108.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Bank of America decreased their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $120.00 to $105.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and five have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Church & Dwight presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $99.18.

Church & Dwight Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of Church & Dwight stock opened at $84.48 on Thursday. Church & Dwight has a 12-month low of $81.33 and a 12-month high of $116.46. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $85.79 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $91.80. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.57, a PEG ratio of 4.05 and a beta of 0.46.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share 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 net margin of 12.74% and a return on equity of 19.32%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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. Analysts predict that Church & Dwight will post 3.7 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

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

Institutional Trading of Church & Dwight

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of 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 during the last quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp grew its holdings in Church & Dwight by 7.8% in the 2nd quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 201,620 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,378,000 after buying an additional 14,523 shares in the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in shares of 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 worth $50,166,000 after acquiring an additional 28,201 shares during the last quarter. Triton Financial Group Inc purchased a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter worth $1,277,000. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted 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 valued at $52,618,000 after acquiring an additional 300,785 shares during the last quarter. 86.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.