Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD – Get Rating) has been given an average rating of "Hold" by the eighteen research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, ten have assigned a hold recommendation and three have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $86.23.

CHD has been the subject of a number of research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $80.00 to $72.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 13th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $101.00 to $98.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 14th. Truist Financial cut shares of Church & Dwight from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, September 8th. Bank of America initiated coverage on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Wednesday, September 14th. They set an "underperform" rating for the company. Finally, Barclays cut their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $76.00 to $73.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 7th.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Rene Hemsey sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.77, for a total value of $383,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 6,259 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $480,503.43. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 1.70% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Church & Dwight

Church & Dwight Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of Church & Dwight stock opened at $72.57 on Monday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $78.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.13. The company has a market cap of $17.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.61 and a beta of 0.43. Church & Dwight has a fifty-two week low of $70.16 and a fifty-two week high of $105.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a current ratio of 1.01.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 29th. The company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $1.33 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.34 billion. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 14.71% and a return on equity of 21.89%. The company's revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.76 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that Church & Dwight will post 2.97 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 15th were paid a $0.2625 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 12th. This represents a $1.05 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.45%. Church & Dwight's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 33.33%.

Church & Dwight Company Profile

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Church & Dwight Co, Inc develops, manufactures, and markets household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates through three segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, and Specialty Products Division. The company offers cat litters, carpet deodorizers, laundry detergents, and baking soda, as well as other baking soda based products under the ARM & HAMMER brand; condoms, lubricants, and vibrators under the TROJAN brand; stain removers, cleaning solutions, laundry detergents, and bleach alternatives under the OXICLEAN brand; battery-operated and manual toothbrushes under the SPINBRUSH brand; home pregnancy and ovulation test kits under the FIRST RESPONSE brand; depilatories under the NAIR brand; oral analgesics under the ORAJEL brand; laundry detergents under the XTRA brand; gummy dietary supplements under the L'IL CRITTERS and VITAFUSION brands; dry shampoos under the BATISTE brand; water flossers and replacement showerheads under the WATERPIK brand; FLAWLESS products; cold shortening and relief products under the ZICAM brand; and oral care products under the THERABREATH brand.

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