Amundi Buys 10,046 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Amundi increased its position in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,449,645 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,046 shares during the period. Amundi owned 0.60% of Church & Dwight worth $142,109,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Opal Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Church & Dwight in the second quarter worth about $45,000. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT bought a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the first quarter valued at about $53,000. State of Wyoming purchased a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 1st quarter worth approximately $69,000. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter valued at $76,000. Finally, 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 valued at $104,000 after purchasing an additional 126 shares during the last quarter. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently commented on the stock. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. Oppenheimer set a $100.00 price target on Church & Dwight and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 21st. Barclays set a $82.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. UBS Group reduced their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $103.00 to $98.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Monday, December 1st. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and five have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $99.18.

Church & Dwight Trading Up 0.6%

NYSE:CHD opened at $84.48 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $20.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.57, a P/E/G ratio of 4.05 and a beta of 0.46. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 1 year low of $81.33 and a 1 year high of $116.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a current ratio of 1.09. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $85.79 and a 200-day simple moving average of $91.77.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its earnings results 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. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.32% and a net margin of 12.74%.The firm had revenue of $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.79 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. 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. As a group, analysts anticipate that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

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

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 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.