Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD Shares Purchased by Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD - Free Report) by 7.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 49,766 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 3,543 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC's holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $4,783,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight in the first quarter valued at approximately $106,736,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Church & Dwight by 2.4% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,441,639 shares of the company's stock valued at $3,461,410,000 after purchasing an additional 750,575 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings in Church & Dwight by 48.3% in the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,115,040 shares of the company's stock valued at $232,845,000 after purchasing an additional 688,863 shares during the period. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight in the first quarter valued at approximately $35,521,000. Finally, Citigroup Inc. grew its holdings in Church & Dwight by 143.1% in the first quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 541,393 shares of the company's stock valued at $59,602,000 after purchasing an additional 318,706 shares during the period. 86.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CHD has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Evercore ISI dropped their price objective on Church & Dwight from $102.00 to $101.00 and set an "in-line" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, August 4th. Redburn Partners set a $83.00 price objective on Church & Dwight in a report on Monday, July 14th. Bank of America decreased 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. Citigroup decreased 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. Finally, Redburn Atlantic downgraded Church & Dwight from a "hold" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $100.88.

Church & Dwight Stock Down 1.2%

NYSE CHD opened at $86.65 on Tuesday. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 52 week low of $85.08 and a 52 week 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 business's fifty day simple moving average is $91.28 and its 200-day simple moving average is $95.88. The firm has a market cap of $21.11 billion, a PE ratio of 40.87, a P/E/G ratio of 3.65 and a beta of 0.43.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 analyst estimates of $1.48 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.93 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. Church & Dwight has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.440-3.510 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.720-0.720 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 15th were issued a dividend of $0.295 per share. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 15th. Church & Dwight's payout ratio is currently 55.66%.

Insider Transactions at Church & Dwight

In related news, CEO Richard A. Dierker purchased 5,470 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $91.57 per share, for a total transaction of $500,887.90. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer directly owned 27,212 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,491,802.84. The trade was a 25.16% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Lee B. Mcchesney purchased 5,409 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 8th. The shares were bought at an average price of $91.38 per share, for a total transaction of $494,274.42. Following the acquisition, the executive vice president owned 5,409 shares in the company, valued at approximately $494,274.42. This trade represents a ∞ increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders have purchased a total of 12,879 shares of company stock worth $1,177,702 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 1.20% of the company's stock.

Church & Dwight Profile

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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