Corient Private Wealth LLC Has $28.90 Million Position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Corient Private Wealth LLC lessened its stake in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 7.6% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 300,733 shares of the company’s stock after selling 24,602 shares during the quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC owned about 0.12% of Church & Dwight worth $28,903,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 1.2% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,830,529 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,059,232,000 after acquiring an additional 388,890 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in Church & Dwight by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,467,055 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,294,319,000 after purchasing an additional 387,667 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Church & Dwight by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,290,207 shares of the company’s stock valued at $601,991,000 after purchasing an additional 177,990 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in 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 period. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its holdings in Church & Dwight by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,269,079 shares of the company’s stock valued at $319,193,000 after buying an additional 29,369 shares in the last quarter. 86.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on CHD shares. Oppenheimer set a $100.00 target price on Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. UBS Group decreased their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $103.00 to $98.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Argus cut their price target on Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $102.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $102.00 price objective on Church & Dwight in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 target price (down from $102.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Wednesday, December 10th. 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 company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $99.47.

Church & Dwight Stock Up 2.3%

CHD stock opened at $86.48 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $85.10 and a 200-day moving average price of $91.07. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 12 month low of $81.33 and a 12 month high of $116.46. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.23 and a beta of 0.46.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 12.74% and a return on equity of 19.32%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 14th were issued 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%.

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 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.