Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) Shares Bought by TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. increased its position in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 3.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 36,395 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,051 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $3,812,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Barclays PLC raised its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 63.9% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,106,131 shares of the company’s stock valued at $115,832,000 after buying an additional 431,257 shares during the last quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Church & Dwight during the 3rd quarter valued at $58,338,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB boosted its position in Church & Dwight by 25.7% during the 3rd quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB now owns 76,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,001,000 after acquiring an additional 15,598 shares during the period. Tidal Investments LLC grew its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 5.2% in the third quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 18,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,885,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Synovus Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 6.7% during the third quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 19,556 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,048,000 after purchasing an additional 1,221 shares during the period. 86.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on CHD. Truist Financial increased their target price 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 reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $105.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on Church & Dwight from $115.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Church & Dwight from $103.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, Bank of America raised Church & Dwight from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $112.00 to $125.00 in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Church & Dwight presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $112.59.

Church & Dwight Stock Performance

Shares of CHD opened at $103.91 on Wednesday. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a one year low of $96.35 and a one year high of $116.46. The company has a 50-day moving average of $107.10 and a two-hundred day moving average of $106.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.70 and a quick ratio of 1.24. The stock has a market cap of $25.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.84, a PEG ratio of 3.32 and a beta of 0.55.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting 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 quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.65 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th were given a dividend of $0.295 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 14th. This is a positive change from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. This represents a $1.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.14%. Church & Dwight’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 49.79%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Church & Dwight

In other Church & Dwight news, EVP Rene Hemsey sold 11,060 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $109.98, for a total value of $1,216,378.80. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 6,437 shares in the company, valued at $707,941.26. The trade was a 63.21 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Maynadier Patrick D. De sold 54,510 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.98, for a total value of $6,322,069.80. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 10,497 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,217,442.06. This represents a 83.85 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 65,570 shares of company stock valued at $7,538,449 in the last 90 days. 2.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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 Division (SPD), and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements.