Church & Dwight Co., Inc (NYSE: CHD) is 3.51% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $96.35 and a high of $116.46 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 $106.31 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.08%.
Currently trading at $108.39, the stock is -0.90% and 0.77% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.05 million and changing 1.96% at the moment leaves the stock 3.14% off its SMA200. CHD registered 5.24% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 5.09%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $107.557 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $105.0867.
The stock witnessed a -0.18% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 2.81%, and is 0.30% 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 2.15% over the week and 2.03% over the month.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD) has around 5750 employees, a market worth around $26.68B and $6.11B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 45.76 and Fwd P/E is 27.26. Profit margin for the company is 9.58%. Distance from 52-week low is 12.50% and -6.93% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.69%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 7.53% this year
1444.0 institutions hold shares in Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD), with institutional investors hold 89.00% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 245.88M, and float is at 245.65M with Short Float at 2.12%. Institutions hold 88.85% 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 8.572 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 Hemsey Rene, the company’s EVP, Chief HR Officer. SEC filings show that Hemsey Rene sold 11,060 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 12 ’25 at a price of $109.98 per share for a total of $1.22 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6437.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 10 ’25, DE MAYNADIER PATRICK D (EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary) disposed off 54,510 shares at an average price of $115.98 for $6.32 million. The insider now directly holds 10,497 shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD).
