Addenda Capital Inc. Acquires 19,618 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Addenda Capital Inc. boosted its position in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 29.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 85,841 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 19,618 shares during the quarter. Addenda Capital Inc.’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $7,522,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Church & Dwight by 1.2% in 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 shares of Church & Dwight by 3.0% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,467,055 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,294,319,000 after buying an additional 387,667 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.9% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,290,207 shares of the company’s stock worth $601,991,000 after acquiring an additional 177,990 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 25.1% in the second 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 increased its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.9% during the second quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,269,079 shares of the company’s stock worth $319,193,000 after purchasing an additional 29,369 shares in the last quarter. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have issued reports on CHD shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $100.00 target price (down from $102.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Wednesday, December 10th. Argus lowered their target price 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. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Monday. Jefferies Financial Group set a $102.00 price target on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Citigroup raised shares of Church & Dwight from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $85.00 to $87.00 in a report on Wednesday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Church & Dwight presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $99.47.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

CHD stock opened at $85.06 on Friday. 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 firm has a 50 day moving average of $85.05 and a 200-day moving average of $91.03. The company has a market cap of $20.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.75, a PEG ratio of 4.33 and a beta of 0.46.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.08. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 12.74% and a return on equity of 19.32%. The firm had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.79 EPS. The firm’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, equities analysts expect that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 1st. Investors of record on Friday, November 14th were paid a dividend of $0.295 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 14th. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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.