Church & Dwight Q3 EPS Forecast Boosted by Zacks Research

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Church & Dwight in a report issued on Thursday, February 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.90 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.

CHD has been the subject of several other reports. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a $105.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $107.00 to $106.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. TD Cowen raised their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $117.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $128.00 to $126.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $111.47.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

CHD stock opened at $105.40 on Monday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $105.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of $104.74. The stock has a market cap of $25.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.47, a P/E/G ratio of 3.32 and a beta of 0.59. Church & Dwight has a 1 year low of $96.35 and a 1 year high of $113.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.70 and a quick ratio of 1.24.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last issued its earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.77. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 9.58% and a return on equity of 20.03%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.65 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of CHD. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Church & Dwight in the third quarter valued at approximately $44,630,000. IFM Investors Pty Ltd boosted its position in Church & Dwight by 3.2% during the third quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd now owns 49,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,211,000 after purchasing an additional 1,520 shares in the last quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC boosted its position in Church & Dwight by 13.1% during the third quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 11,062 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,158,000 after purchasing an additional 1,285 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its position in Church & Dwight by 22.9% during the third quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 26,749 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,792,000 after purchasing an additional 4,991 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Forsta AP Fonden lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 5.7% in the third quarter. Forsta AP Fonden now owns 88,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,289,000 after acquiring an additional 4,800 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Rick Spann sold 39,520 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.00, for a total value of $4,426,240.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 4,973 shares in the company, valued at approximately $556,976. This trade represents a 88.82 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Ravichandra Krishnamu Saligram sold 10,000 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.11, for a total value of $1,061,100.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 32,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,448,575. The trade was a 23.53 % 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 quarter. Insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.295 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.12%. This is a positive change from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is 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.