Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. Raises Position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

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Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD – Free Report) by 1.4% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 1,496,134 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 21,264 shares during the quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $143,793,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Church & Dwight during the second quarter valued at about $45,000. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT bought a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the first quarter worth about $53,000. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the 1st quarter valued at about $69,000. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $76,000. Finally, ORG Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 13.5% during the 2nd quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 1,058 shares of the company’s stock valued at $104,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares during the period. 86.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CHD has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Evercore ISI decreased their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $102.00 to $101.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Tuesday. Bank of America lowered their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $120.00 to $105.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Barclays set a $82.00 price target on Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Finally, Oppenheimer set a $100.00 price objective on Church & Dwight and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 21st. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and five have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $99.00.

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Church & Dwight Stock Performance

CHD opened at $84.62 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 1.33 and a current ratio of 1.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.92, a PEG ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 0.42. The company has a fifty day moving average of $86.30 and a 200 day moving average of $92.33. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $81.33 and a fifty-two week high of $116.46.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 8.66% and a return on equity of 19.27%. The business’s revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm 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. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.295 per share. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 14th. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 37.11%.

About Church & Dwight

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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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