Advocacy Wealth Management LLC Has $4.92 Million Holdings in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Advocacy Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 566.1% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 58,622 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 49,821 shares during the period. Advocacy Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $4,915,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in CHD. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.4% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,786,818 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,208,139,000 after acquiring an additional 319,763 shares during the period. Capital International Investors boosted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 18.1% in the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 11,302,929 shares of the company’s stock valued at $947,820,000 after acquiring an additional 1,734,801 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 24.0% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,610,224 shares of the company’s stock valued at $638,117,000 after acquiring an additional 1,473,894 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 4.1% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,653,852 shares of the company’s stock valued at $320,187,000 after acquiring an additional 143,739 shares during the period. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,341,015 shares of the company’s stock valued at $276,101,000 after acquiring an additional 23,677 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have commented on CHD. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $91.00 price objective on Church & Dwight and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Church & Dwight from $98.00 to $99.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $109.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Monday, May 4th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $105.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 8th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $111.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Church & Dwight has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $102.59.

Insider Activity at Church & Dwight

In other Church & Dwight news, Director Penry W. Price sold 5,960 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $94.86, for a total value of $565,365.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 30,070 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,852,440.20. The trade was a 16.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 1.20% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Church & Dwight Stock Down 1.5%

NYSE CHD opened at $95.28 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $94.93 and a 200-day moving average of $93.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.46 and a beta of 0.47. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 52 week low of $81.33 and a 52 week high of $106.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 1.22.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last released its earnings results on Friday, May 1st. The company reported $0.95 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.46 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 20.51% and a net margin of 11.81%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.91 EPS. Church & Dwight has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.880 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 3.710-3.810 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.76 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 1st. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th were paid a dividend of $0.3075 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 15th. This represents a $1.23 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is 40.46%.

About Church & Dwight

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.