Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD Shares Bought by Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC

Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its holdings in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 0.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,341,015 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 23,677 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC owned about 1.39% of Church & Dwight worth $276,101,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in Church & Dwight by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,786,818 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,208,139,000 after buying an additional 319,763 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors increased its stake in Church & Dwight by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 9,568,128 shares of the company’s stock valued at $838,252,000 after buying an additional 50,296 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Church & Dwight by 3.0% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 6,136,330 shares of the company’s stock worth $537,736,000 after purchasing an additional 175,960 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 4.1% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,653,852 shares of the company’s stock valued at $320,187,000 after buying an additional 143,739 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight in the 2nd quarter valued at about $303,907,000. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Church & Dwight

In other Church & Dwight news, Director Janet S. Vergis sold 12,960 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.00, for a total value of $1,308,960.00. Following the sale, the director owned 17,102 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,727,302. The trade was a 43.11% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Penry W. Price sold 7,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.58, for a total transaction of $704,060.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 30,070 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,024,440.60. The trade was a 18.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on CHD. UBS Group set a $92.00 target price on Church & Dwight and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Church & Dwight from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and raised their target price for the company from $92.00 to $100.00 in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $91.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $100.00 price target (up from $87.00) on shares of Church & Dwight in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Monday, December 22nd. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Church & Dwight presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $101.88.

Church & Dwight Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of CHD opened at $93.84 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $98.36 and a 200-day simple moving average of $90.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.07, a P/E/G ratio of 3.50 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a current ratio of 1.07. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 52 week low of $81.33 and a 52 week 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, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.02. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 20.05% and a net margin of 11.88%.The business had revenue of $1.64 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.64 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.76 earnings per share. The firm’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. On average, equities research analysts expect that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 13th were paid a dividend of $0.3075 per share. This is an increase from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. This represents a $1.23 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 13th. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio is presently 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.