OmniStar Financial Group Inc. Buys 636 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

OmniStar Financial Group Inc. increased its position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 7.7% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,921 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 636 shares during the period. OmniStar Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $857,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in CHD. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. grew its holdings in Church & Dwight by 19.5% during the 1st quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 687 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Church & Dwight by 3.8% in the 1st quarter. Manchester Capital Management LLC now owns 3,243 shares of the company’s stock worth $357,000 after acquiring an additional 119 shares in the last quarter. Choreo LLC increased its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 3.1% during the first quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 4,052 shares of the company’s stock worth $446,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares during the period. ORG Partners LLC grew its stake in Church & Dwight by 13.5% in the second quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 1,058 shares of the company’s stock worth $104,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Atria Investments Inc raised its position in Church & Dwight by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 33,030 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,175,000 after purchasing an additional 133 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CHD has been the subject of several recent research reports. Barclays set a $82.00 price objective on Church & Dwight and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Bank of America decreased their price objective on Church & Dwight from $120.00 to $105.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. UBS Group cut their target price on Church & Dwight from $103.00 to $98.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Oppenheimer set a $100.00 price target on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $97.00 to $92.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $99.00.

Church & Dwight Stock Down 1.0%

Church & Dwight stock opened at $84.10 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $87.85 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $92.92. 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 company has a market cap of $20.20 billion, a PE ratio of 39.67, a PEG ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 0.42. 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) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 8.66% and a return on equity of 19.27%. Church & Dwight’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $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. Equities analysts anticipate that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be given a $0.295 dividend. 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 is currently 37.11%.

About Church & Dwight

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.