Railway Pension Investments Ltd Sells 28,500 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD

Railway Pension Investments Ltd trimmed its stake in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 8.0% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 326,699 shares of the company’s stock after selling 28,500 shares during the quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $31,399,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in CHD. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Church & Dwight by 1.2% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,830,529 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,059,232,000 after buying an additional 388,890 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.9% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,290,207 shares of the company’s stock valued at $601,991,000 after buying an additional 177,990 shares during the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,269,079 shares of the company’s stock worth $319,193,000 after acquiring an additional 29,369 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight during the 2nd quarter valued at $303,907,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp raised its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.6% in the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 3,097,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $341,028,000 after purchasing an additional 79,170 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on CHD shares. Barclays set a $82.00 price objective on Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Oppenheimer set a $100.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $97.00 to $92.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, August 4th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on Church & Dwight from $120.00 to $105.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 9th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $99.00.

Church & Dwight Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:CHD opened at $85.16 on Friday. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a one year low of $81.33 and a one year high of $116.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a current ratio of 1.84 and a quick ratio of 1.33. The company has a market cap of $20.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.17, a PEG ratio of 3.52 and a beta of 0.42. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $86.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $92.19.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.08. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 8.66% and a return on equity of 19.27%. The company had revenue of $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.79 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Church & Dwight has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.830-0.83 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 3.490-3.49 EPS. Research analysts predict that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.295 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 14th. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is presently 37.11%.

Church & Dwight Company Profile

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.