Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD Shares Sold by Ethic Inc.

Ethic Inc. decreased its position in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 20.1% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 49,531 shares of the company’s stock after selling 12,497 shares during the period. Ethic Inc.’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $4,340,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight during the second quarter valued at $45,000. Kennebec Savings Bank boosted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 49.7% during the 3rd quarter. Kennebec Savings Bank now owns 675 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,000 after acquiring an additional 224 shares in the last quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter valued at about $62,000. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the 1st quarter valued at about $69,000. Finally, MUFG Securities EMEA plc purchased a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the 2nd quarter valued at about $70,000. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have issued reports on CHD. Barclays set a $82.00 price target on Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 4th. Oppenheimer set a $100.00 target price on Church & Dwight and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 21st. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $108.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 25th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price objective (down from $102.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Wednesday, December 10th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group set a $102.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Tuesday, December 16th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $99.47.

Church & Dwight Stock Performance

NYSE CHD opened at $84.41 on Wednesday. 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 stock’s fifty day moving average is $84.67 and its two-hundred day moving average is $90.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.27 and a beta of 0.46. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $81.33 and a fifty-two week high of $116.46.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.32% and a net margin of 12.74%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.79 EPS. 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, research analysts anticipate that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

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

Church & Dwight Company Profile

Church & Dwight Co, Inc is a U.S.-based consumer products company best known for its Arm & Hammer baking soda business. Founded in 1846 with the manufacture and marketing of sodium bicarbonate, the company has grown into a diversified maker and marketer of household, personal care and specialty products. Church & Dwight is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CHD and is headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey.

The company’s portfolio spans a range of categories including household cleaning and laundry, oral care, personal care, sexual wellness and health & wellness.