NYSE:CHDChurch & Dwight Stock Price, Forecast & News

Church & Dwight's stock was trading at $68.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CHD stock has increased by 38.8% and is now trading at $94.97.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Church & Dwight in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 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) announced its earnings results on Friday, July, 31st. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.14. The firm earned $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 for the quarter was up 10.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.57 earnings per share.
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Church & Dwight declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 29th. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 13th.
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Church & Dwight shares split on the morning of Friday, September 2nd 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, August 4th 2016. The newly created shares were payable 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 issued an update on 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 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.

14 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Church & Dwight's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $111.00. On average, they expect Church & Dwight's stock price to reach $89.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.8%.
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Press coverage about CHD stock has been trending negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Church & Dwight earned a news sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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Church & Dwight saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,540,000 shares, a drop of 12.3% from the July 15th total of 7,460,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,580,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.83%), Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.73%), Reik & CO. LLC (0.71%), Swiss National Bank (0.68%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.59%) and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (0.59%). Company insiders that own Church & Dwight stock include Arthur B Winkleblack, Bradley C Irwin, Britta Bomhard, James Craigie, Janet S Vergis, Judy A Zagorski, Louis Tursi, 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Hexavest Inc., WINTON GROUP Ltd, Reik & CO. LLC, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, AMI Asset Management Corp, and New York State Common Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Church & Dwight company stock in the last year include Arthur B Winkleblack, Bradley C Irwin, Britta Bomhard, James Craigie, Judy A Zagorski, Matthew Farrell, Maynadier Patrick D De, Ravichandra Krishnamu Saligram, Richard A Dierker, Robert D Leblanc, Robert K Shearer, Steven J Katz, and Steven P Cugine.
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CHD stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including UBS Group AG, Jennison Associates LLC, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, First Trust Advisors LP, PGGM Investments, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Unigestion Holding SA, and CIBC Asset Management Inc. 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 $94.97.

Church & Dwight has a market capitalization of $23.49 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]