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

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Friday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.680-3.720 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Church & Dwight Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of Church & Dwight stock opened at $107.14 on Friday. Church & Dwight has a 1 year low of $96.09 and a 1 year high of $113.50. The company has a market capitalization of $26.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.05, a PEG ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 0.58. The company’s fifty day moving average is $106.54 and its two-hundred day moving average is $104.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 1.62.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.77. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.90% and a net margin of 9.08%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.65 earnings per share. Analysts forecast that Church & Dwight will post 3.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a $0.295 dividend. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.10%. This is a boost from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 50.67%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on CHD. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on Church & Dwight from $105.00 to $103.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $99.00 to $107.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $113.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $117.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Church & Dwight from $124.00 to $128.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $110.61.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Arthur B. Winkleblack sold 11,590 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $103.84, for a total value of $1,203,505.60. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 7,129 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $740,275.36. The trade was a 61.92 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Michael Read bought 1,100 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 16th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $106.82 per share, with a total value of $117,502.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 2,505 shares in the company, valued at approximately $267,584.10. This represents a 78.29 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 593,035 shares of company stock valued at $62,282,808. Insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

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.