Church & Dwight Co., Inc (NYSE: CHD) is 11.47% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $90.26 and a high of $113.50 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 $105.58 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.17%.
Currently trading at $105.41, the stock is -3.57% and -0.08% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.0 million and changing -0.16% at the moment leaves the stock 0.95% off its SMA200. CHD registered 11.59% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -1.00%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $105.4532 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $104.39145.
The stock witnessed a -2.39% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 1.32%, and is -3.44% down 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 2.22% over the week and 1.85% over the month.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD) has around 5550 employees, a market worth around $25.83B and $6.05B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 47.35 and Fwd P/E is 28.22. Profit margin for the company is 9.08%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.78% and -7.13% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.36%).
with sales reaching $1.57B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 8.49% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.79% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 2.47% in year-over-year returns.
1418.0 institutions hold shares in Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD), with institutional investors hold 89.95% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 244.93M, and float is at 244.57M with Short Float at 2.45%. Institutions hold 89.80% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 30.23 million shares valued at $3.13 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.421 of the CHD Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 20.94 million shares valued at $2.17 billion to account for 8.6037 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 12.15 million shares representing 4.9907 and valued at over $1.26 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 3.6581 of the shares totaling 8.9 million with a market value of $923.18 million.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by IRWIN BRADLEY C, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that IRWIN BRADLEY C sold 2 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 10 ’24 at a price of $107.28 per share for a total of $265.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 34104.0 shares.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 02 ’24 that Spann Rick (EVP Chief Supply Chain Officer) sold a total of 39,520 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 02 ’24 and was made at $112.00 per share for $4.43 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 4973.0 shares of the CHD stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 22 ’24, Longo Joseph James (VP, Controller and CAO) disposed off 7,780 shares at an average price of $112.44 for $0.87 million. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD).
