Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) is 8.33% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $82.25 and a high of $103.21 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The CHD stock was last observed hovering at around $101.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.53%.
Currently trading at $102.44, the stock is 3.02% and 4.76% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.05 million and changing 0.52% at the moment leaves the stock 7.92% off its SMA200. CHD registered 22.54% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 7.64%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $4.61 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $20.74.
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The stock witnessed a 2.26% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 7.72%, and is 2.32% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.45% over the week and 1.51% over the month.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) has around 5550 employees, a market worth around $24.97B and $5.87B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 33.57 and Fwd P/E is 27.46. Profit margin for the company is 12.88%. Distance from 52-week low is 24.55% and -0.75% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.12%).
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.86 with sales reaching $1.49B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 8.53% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 4.40% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 4.30% in year-over-year returns.
1,341 institutions hold shares in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD), with institutional investors hold 90.89% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 243.78M, and float is at 243.29M with Short Float at 2.71%. Institutions hold 90.72% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Vanguard Group Inc with over 29.76 million shares valued at $2.98 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.10% of the CHD Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Blackrock Inc. with 21.45 million shares valued at $2.15 billion to account for 8.72% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are State Street Corporation which holds 12.35 million shares representing 5.02% and valued at over $1.24 billion, while Massachusetts Financial Services Co. holds 3.24% of the shares totaling 7.98 million with a market value of $800.17 million.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by DE MAYNADIER PATRICK D, the company’s EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary. SEC filings show that DE MAYNADIER PATRICK D sold 48,537 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 05 ’24 at a price of $102.00 per share for a total of $4.95 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 10325.0 shares.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 04 ’24 that Read Michael (EVP, International) sold a total of 9,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 04 ’24 and was made at $100.95 per share for $0.91 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.0 shares of the CHD stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 27 ’24, Bruno Barry A. (EVP, Chf Mktng Offcr, Pres CD) disposed off 10,993 shares at an average price of $99.66 for $1.1 million. The insider now directly holds 4,319 shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD).
