Financial Enhancement Group LLC Sells 27,130 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Financial Enhancement Group LLC cut its position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 85.1% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 4,740 shares of the company’s stock after selling 27,130 shares during the quarter. Financial Enhancement Group LLC’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $421,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in Church & Dwight in the second quarter valued at approximately $303,907,000. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 3,269.4% in the 2nd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 896,306 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,134,000 after purchasing an additional 869,705 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 25.1% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,510,113 shares of the company’s stock valued at $337,357,000 after purchasing an additional 703,171 shares during the last quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich increased its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 526.6% in the 2nd quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 648,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,363,000 after purchasing an additional 545,318 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Scopus Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter worth $52,050,000. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently weighed in on CHD shares. Barclays set a $82.00 price objective on Church & Dwight and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $102.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and issued a $100.00 price target (down from $102.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Wednesday, December 10th. Argus lowered their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $102.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded shares of Church & Dwight from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the company from $85.00 to $87.00 in a research report on Wednesday. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $99.47.

Church & Dwight Trading Down 0.1%

NYSE CHD opened at $85.02 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $85.00 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $90.94. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 12 month low of $81.33 and a 12 month high of $116.46. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.41 billion, a PE ratio of 26.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.26 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.32% and a net margin of 12.74%.The firm’s revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.79 EPS. Church & Dwight has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.830-0.83 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 3.490-3.49 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 1st. Investors of record on Friday, November 14th were given a $0.295 dividend. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 14th. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio is presently 37.11%.

Church & Dwight Company Profile

Church & Dwight Co, Inc is a U.S.-based consumer products company best known for its Arm & Hammer baking soda business. Founded in 1846 with the manufacture and marketing of sodium bicarbonate, the company has grown into a diversified maker and marketer of household, personal care and specialty products. Church & Dwight is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CHD and is headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey.

The company’s portfolio spans a range of categories including household cleaning and laundry, oral care, personal care, sexual wellness and health & wellness.