Westwood Holdings Group Inc. Sells 60,017 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Westwood Holdings Group Inc. reduced its holdings in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 6.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 830,875 shares of the company’s stock after selling 60,017 shares during the quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc.’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $79,855,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Motco bought a new position in Church & Dwight in the first quarter worth approximately $46,000. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight in the 2nd quarter valued at $45,000. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT acquired a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the first quarter valued at about $53,000. State of Wyoming acquired a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 1st quarter worth about $69,000. Finally, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. boosted its stake in Church & Dwight by 19.5% during the 1st quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 687 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Evercore ISI cut their price objective 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. Oppenheimer set a $100.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 21st. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Church & Dwight from $103.00 to $98.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on Church & Dwight from $108.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 25th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $99.00.

Church & Dwight Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of CHD opened at $84.10 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.67, a PEG ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 0.42. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a twelve month low of $81.33 and a twelve month high of $116.46. The company has a quick ratio of 1.33, a current ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $87.85 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $92.92.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.27% and a net margin of 8.66%.Church & Dwight’s revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.79 EPS. Church & Dwight has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.830-0.83 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.490-3.49 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.295 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is 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 currently 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.