Fiduciary Family Office LLC Buys 469 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Fiduciary Family Office LLC raised its stake in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHDFree Report) by 5.9% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 8,407 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 469 shares during the period. Fiduciary Family Office LLC’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $808,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in CHD. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 1st quarter valued at about $106,736,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.4% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,441,639 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,461,410,000 after buying an additional 750,575 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. grew its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 48.3% in the 1st quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,115,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $232,845,000 after buying an additional 688,863 shares during the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 1st quarter valued at about $35,521,000. Finally, Citigroup Inc. grew its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 143.1% in the 1st quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 541,393 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,602,000 after buying an additional 318,706 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on CHD shares. Redburn Atlantic lowered Church & Dwight from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on Church & Dwight from $108.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Evercore ISI cut their target price on Church & Dwight from $102.00 to $101.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Bank of America cut their target price on Church & Dwight from $120.00 to $105.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Citigroup cut their target price on Church & Dwight from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Church & Dwight has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $100.88.

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Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Michael Read purchased 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 5th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $91.27 per share, with a total value of $182,540.00. Following the purchase, the executive vice president owned 7,505 shares in the company, valued at $684,981.35. This represents a 36.33% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Richard A. Dierker purchased 5,470 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $91.57 per share, for a total transaction of $500,887.90. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief executive officer owned 27,212 shares in the company, valued at $2,491,802.84. This trade represents a 25.16% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have bought 12,879 shares of company stock valued at $1,177,702. 2.00% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Church & Dwight Stock Down 0.5%

CHD stock opened at $88.02 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $90.85 and its 200 day simple moving average is $95.13. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $85.08 and a fifty-two week high of $116.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a current ratio of 1.84. The company has a market cap of $21.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.81 and a beta of 0.43.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHDGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.09. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.27% and a net margin of 8.66%.The business had revenue of $1.51 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.48 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.93 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. Church & Dwight has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.440-3.510 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.720-0.720 EPS. On average, research analysts expect 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 declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, August 15th were paid a dividend of $0.295 per share. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 15th. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio is 55.66%.

About Church & Dwight

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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.

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