Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD Shares Bought by Generali Asset Management SPA SGR

Generali Asset Management SPA SGR grew its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 97.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 34,811 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 17,145 shares during the quarter. Generali Asset Management SPA SGR’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $3,050,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in CHD. Boston Trust Walden Corp lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 7.8% during the second quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 201,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,378,000 after purchasing an additional 14,523 shares during the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in Church & Dwight by 5.7% during the 2nd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 521,963 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,166,000 after buying an additional 28,201 shares during the last quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 7.4% in the 2nd quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 141,362 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,586,000 after acquiring an additional 9,795 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $303,907,000. Finally, Triton Financial Group Inc acquired a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,277,000. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on CHD shares. Argus decreased their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $102.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Monday, December 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $108.00 to $100.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $103.00 to $98.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Citigroup raised Church & Dwight from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and upped their target price for the company from $85.00 to $87.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Church & Dwight presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $99.47.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

NYSE CHD opened at $82.61 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $84.46 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $89.90. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 52 week low of $81.33 and a 52 week high of $116.46. The stock has a market cap of $19.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.82 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share 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 company had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.79 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Analysts forecast that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current year.

Church & Dwight Announces Dividend

The business 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. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 14th. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is currently 37.11%.

Church & Dwight Profile

Church & Dwight Co, Inc is a U.S.-based consumer products company best known for its Arm & Hammer baking soda business. Founded in 1846 with the manufacture and marketing of sodium bicarbonate, the company has grown into a diversified maker and marketer of household, personal care and specialty products. Church & Dwight is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CHD and is headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey.

The company’s portfolio spans a range of categories including household cleaning and laundry, oral care, personal care, sexual wellness and health & wellness.