Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Buys 6,909 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise lifted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 34.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 27,224 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,909 shares during the quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $2,385,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of CHD. Schroder Investment Management Group lifted its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 12.1% during the 3rd quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 17,176 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,480,000 after acquiring an additional 1,850 shares during the period. PFG Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 5.9% in the 3rd quarter. PFG Advisors now owns 57,417 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,031,000 after purchasing an additional 3,184 shares in the last quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the 3rd quarter valued at $1,227,000. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 7,824 shares of the company’s stock worth $686,000 after buying an additional 405 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Korea Investment CORP lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 79.5% during the 3rd quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 94,349 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,268,000 after buying an additional 41,800 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have commented on CHD. Evercore boosted their target price on Church & Dwight from $101.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $100.00 price objective (down from $102.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Wednesday, December 10th. TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $99.00 to $112.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Morgan Stanley set a $105.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, UBS Group set a $92.00 price target on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $101.88.

Insider Activity at Church & Dwight

In other Church & Dwight news, Director Janet S. Vergis sold 12,960 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.00, for a total value of $1,308,960.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 17,102 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,727,302. The trade was a 43.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 1.20% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

Shares of CHD opened at $101.11 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $95.77 and a 200-day moving average of $90.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The company has a market capitalization of $23.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 0.45. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 1 year low of $81.33 and a 1 year high of $113.91.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last released its earnings results on Friday, January 30th. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.02. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 11.88% and a return on equity of 20.05%. The business had revenue of $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.64 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.76 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Church & Dwight has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.710-3.810 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.920-0.920 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 13th were given a $0.3075 dividend. This is a boost from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 13th. This represents a $1.23 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio is 40.73%.

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.