Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Friday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.900-0.900 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.980. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.5 billion-$1.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.6 billion. Church & Dwight also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.680-3.720 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Piper Sandler upped their target price on Church & Dwight from $124.00 to $128.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on Church & Dwight from $105.00 to $103.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, TD Cowen raised their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $117.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $110.61.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

Shares of NYSE CHD opened at $107.14 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $26.25 billion, a PE ratio of 48.05, 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. Church & Dwight has a twelve month low of $96.09 and a twelve month high of $113.50. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $106.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $104.16.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting 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 period last year, the firm posted $0.65 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Church & Dwight will post 3.44 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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 positive change from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is currently 50.67%.

Insider Activity at Church & Dwight

In related news, CAO Joseph James Longo sold 7,780 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.44, for a total transaction of $874,783.20. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $44,976. This represents a 95.11 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Rick Spann sold 39,520 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $112.00, for a total value of $4,426,240.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 4,973 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $556,976. This represents a 88.82 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 593,035 shares of company stock worth $62,282,808 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

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, 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.