Church & Dwight Q3 EPS Forecast Increased by Zacks Research

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) – Zacks Research increased their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Church & Dwight in a research note issued on Thursday, February 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.90 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.86. The consensus estimate for Church & Dwight’s current full-year earnings is $3.70 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Church & Dwight’s FY2025 earnings at $3.70 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.02 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.06 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.95 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.97 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.32 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on CHD. Truist Financial increased their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on Church & Dwight from $107.00 to $106.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Barclays lifted their price objective on Church & Dwight from $90.00 to $93.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Church & Dwight from $103.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, Piper Sandler cut their price target on Church & Dwight from $128.00 to $126.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $111.47.

Church & Dwight Stock Performance

CHD stock opened at $107.52 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $105.39 and a 200 day simple moving average of $104.78. Church & Dwight has a 52 week low of $96.35 and a 52 week high of $113.50. The stock has a market cap of $26.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.37, a P/E/G ratio of 3.32 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 1.24 and a current ratio of 1.70.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.77. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 20.03% and a net margin of 9.58%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.65 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Church & Dwight

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CHD. YANKCOM Partnership bought a new position in Church & Dwight during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP bought a new stake in shares of Church & Dwight in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 224.4% during the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 266 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 184 shares during the period. Finally, Bernard Wealth Management Corp. acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight in the 4th quarter valued at $40,000. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Church & Dwight news, Director Ravichandra Krishnamu Saligram sold 10,000 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.11, for a total transaction of $1,061,100.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 32,500 shares in the company, valued at $3,448,575. The trade was a 23.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Rick Spann sold 39,520 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $112.00, for a total transaction of $4,426,240.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 4,973 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $556,976. This represents a 88.82 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 49,522 shares of company stock valued at $5,487,555 in the last three months. Company insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a $0.295 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This is a positive change from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.10%. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is presently 49.79%.

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, and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, and household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements.