Cinctive Capital Management LP Buys Shares of 11,003 Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Cinctive Capital Management LP bought a new position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 11,003 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $964,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Generali Asset Management SPA SGR lifted its stake in Church & Dwight by 97.1% in the third quarter. Generali Asset Management SPA SGR now owns 34,811 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,050,000 after acquiring an additional 17,145 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 215.6% during the 3rd quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 13,667 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,197,000 after purchasing an additional 9,337 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 3.0% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 6,136,330 shares of the company’s stock worth $537,736,000 after purchasing an additional 175,960 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 51.3% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 94,349 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,268,000 after purchasing an additional 31,976 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vest Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 7.8% in the 3rd quarter. Vest Financial LLC now owns 563,653 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,393,000 after purchasing an additional 40,634 shares during the last quarter. 86.60% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have weighed in on CHD. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Monday, December 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Church & Dwight from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $92.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. UBS Group set a $92.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Morgan Stanley set a $105.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Evercore boosted their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $101.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $101.88.

Church & Dwight Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of Church & Dwight stock opened at $98.26 on Tuesday. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 1 year low of $81.33 and a 1 year high of $113.91. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $96.97 and its 200-day simple moving average is $90.38. The company has a market cap of $23.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.54, a PEG ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 30th. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.64 billion. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 11.88% and a return on equity of 20.05%. The business’s revenue was up 3.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.76 EPS. Church & Dwight has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.710-3.810 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.920-0.920 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, February 13th were given a dividend of $0.3075 per share. This represents a $1.23 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. This is a boost from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 13th. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 40.73%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Janet S. Vergis sold 12,960 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.00, for a total transaction of $1,308,960.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 17,102 shares in the company, valued at $1,727,302. The trade was a 43.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Penry W. Price sold 7,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.58, for a total value of $704,060.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 30,070 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,024,440.60. This trade represents a 18.88% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

About Church & Dwight

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.