Church & Dwight Stock Forecast, Price & News

Church & Dwight's stock was trading at $68.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CHD shares have increased by 32.8% and is now trading at $90.87.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Church & Dwight in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Church & Dwight is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 29th 2020.
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Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 31st. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.14. The company earned $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 25.58% and a net margin of 15.70%. The firm's revenue was up 10.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.57 EPS.
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Church & Dwight announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 13th.
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Shares of Church & Dwight split on the morning of Friday, September 2nd 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, August 4th 2016. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Thursday, September 1st 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of Church & Dwight stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Church & Dwight updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, July, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.79-2.79 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.74. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.75-4.793 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.66 billion.

15 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Church & Dwight's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $185.00. On average, they expect Church & Dwight's stock price to reach $95.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price.
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Church & Dwight saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 4,060,000 shares, a drop of 29.5% from the July 30th total of 5,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,530,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days.
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Church & Dwight trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CHD."

Church & Dwight's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.90%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (1.88%), Stifel Financial Corp (1.17%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.04%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.83%). Company insiders that own Church & Dwight stock include Arthur B Winkleblack, Bradley C Irwin, Britta Bomhard, James Craigie, Janet S Vergis, Judy A Zagorski, Matthew Farrell, Maynadier Patrick D De, Paul Richard Wood, Penry W Price, Ravichandra Krishnamu Saligram, Richard A Dierker, Rick Spann, Robert D Leblanc, Robert K Shearer, Steven J Katz and Steven P Cugine.
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CHD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, AQR Capital Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Federated Hermes Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Hexavest Inc., and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Church & Dwight company stock in the last year include Arthur B Winkleblack, Britta Bomhard, James Craigie, Judy A Zagorski, Matthew Farrell, Maynadier Patrick D De, Ravichandra Krishnamu Saligram, Richard A Dierker, Robert K Shearer, Steven J Katz, and Steven P Cugine.
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CHD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Holocene Advisors LP, UBS Group AG, WCM Investment Management LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, First Trust Advisors LP, and Handelsbanken Fonder AB. Company insiders that have bought Church & Dwight stock in the last two years include Janet S Vergis, Matthew Farrell, Paul Richard Wood, Penry W Price, and Rick Spann.
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Shares of CHD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CHD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $90.87.

Church & Dwight has a market capitalization of $22.47 billion and generates $4.36 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $615.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.47 on an earnings per share basis. Church & Dwight employs 4,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Church & Dwight is www.churchdwight.com.

Church & Dwight's mailing address is 500 CHARLES EWING BOULEVARD, EWING NJ, 08628. The company can be reached via phone at 609-806-1200 or via email at [email protected]