Church & Dwight Co., Inc (NYSE: CHD) is 5.90% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $96.35 and a high of $114.60 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 $110.66 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.23%.
Currently trading at $110.89, the stock is 3.25% and 4.40% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.72 million and changing 0.21% at the moment leaves the stock 5.70% off its SMA200. CHD registered 9.86% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 5.32%.
The stock witnessed a 4.63% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -0.31%, and is 1.39% 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 2.17% over the week and 1.98% over the month.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD) has around 5750 employees, a market worth around $27.28B and $6.11B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 46.82 and Fwd P/E is 27.87. Profit margin for the company is 9.58%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.09% and -3.24% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.69%).
with sales reaching $1.52B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 7.59% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.96% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 0.94% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 245.88M, and float is at 245.59M with Short Float at 2.11%.
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 4.9723 and valued at over $1.26 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 3.6446 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 FARRELL MATTHEW, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that FARRELL MATTHEW sold 0 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 03 ’25 at a price of $111.21 per share for a total of $4.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.11 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 16 ’24, Saligram Ravichandra Krishnamu (Director) disposed off 10,000 shares at an average price of $106.11 for $1.06 million. The insider now directly holds 32,500 shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD).
