Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.680-3.720 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.720. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.3 billion-$6.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.3 billion. Church & Dwight also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.900-0.900 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on CHD shares. Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $124.00 to $128.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $99.00 to $107.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on Church & Dwight from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Church & Dwight currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $110.61.

Church & Dwight Trading Down 1.6 %

NYSE:CHD opened at $105.36 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 47.24, a P/E/G ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a quick ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53. The company has a fifty day moving average of $106.43 and a 200 day moving average of $104.18. Church & Dwight has a 52 week low of $96.09 and a 52 week high of $113.50.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.77. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.90% and a net margin of 9.08%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.65 earnings per share. On average, research analysts predict that Church & Dwight will post 3.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a $0.295 dividend. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.12%. This is a boost from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio is presently 50.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Church & Dwight news, Director Bradley C. Irwin sold 13,200 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $107.44, for a total value of $1,418,208.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 37,169 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,993,437.36. The trade was a 26.21 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Arthur B. Winkleblack sold 11,590 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.84, for a total transaction of $1,203,505.60. Following the sale, the director now owns 7,129 shares in the company, valued at approximately $740,275.36. The trade was a 61.92 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 593,035 shares of company stock worth $62,282,808 in the last three months. 2.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Church & Dwight Company 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, and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, and household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements.