Amundi Grows Position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Amundi increased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 0.7% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,449,645 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,046 shares during the period. Amundi’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $142,109,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $303,907,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 1st quarter worth about $106,736,000. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in shares of 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. American Century Companies Inc. raised its stake in Church & Dwight by 48.3% during the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,115,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $232,845,000 after acquiring an additional 688,863 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich raised its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 526.6% during the second quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 648,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,363,000 after purchasing an additional 545,318 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CHD has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Oppenheimer set a $100.00 target price on Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Argus reduced their price objective on Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $102.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Barclays set a $82.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on Church & Dwight from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $108.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Seven 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 has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $99.18.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

Church & Dwight stock opened at $84.48 on Monday. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 52 week low of $81.33 and a 52 week high of $116.46. The business’s fifty day moving average is $85.79 and its two-hundred day moving average is $91.77. The firm has a market cap of $20.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.57, a P/E/G ratio of 4.05 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a current ratio of 1.09.

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, topping the consensus estimate 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 analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.79 EPS. The company’s quarterly 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. Equities research analysts forecast that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

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

About Church & Dwight

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.