Church & Dwight Co (CHD)

• Market cap: $26.8B
• 1 day: -0.60%
• 5 days: -3.78%
• 1 month: 3.90%
• 3 months: 3.10%
• 6 months: 3.69%
• Year to date: 5.07%
• 1 year: 4.52%
• 5 years: 80.54%
• 10 years: 155.20%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Soap, Detergents, Cleaning Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics

About: Church & Dwight is the leading global producer of baking soda. Beyond baking soda, the products in its portfolio have vast category reach, including laundry products, cat litter, oral care, deodorant, and nasal care, all sold under the Arm & Hammer brand. Its mix also includes Batiste, OxiClean, Vitafusion, WaterPik, Hero, and TheraBreath, which together with Arm & Hammer constitute around 70% of its annual sales and profits. Even as it works to extend the reach of its products, Church & Dwight still derives more than 80% of its sales from its home market in the US.

Employees: 5,750

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

41% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 110 | Existing positions closed: 78

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,012 [Q3] → 1,026 (+14) [Q4]

2% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $22.7B [Q3] → $23.1B (+$434M) [Q4]

1.97% less ownership

Funds ownership: 88.44% [Q3] → 86.47% (-1.97%) [Q4]

10% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 10 [Q3] → 9 (-1) [Q4]

12% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 341 | Existing positions reduced: 388

52% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $23.4M | Put options by funds: $49.2M

Research analyst outlook

6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $93 15% downside
• Avg. target: $108 1% downside
• High target: $126 15% upside

6 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 33%
• neutral: 2 33%
• negative: 2 33%

JP Morgan Andrea Teixeira 37% 1-year accuracy 22 / 59 met price target	3% downside $106	Underweight Maintained	21 Feb 2025
Barclays Lauren Lieberman 43% 1-year accuracy 39 / 91 met price target	15% downside $93	Underweight Maintained	4 Feb 2025
Truist Securities Bill Chappell 23% 1-year accuracy 6 / 26 met price target	5% upside $115	Buy Maintained	3 Feb 2025
Stifel Mark Astrachan 38% 1-year accuracy 11 / 29 met price target	4% downside $105	Hold Maintained	3 Feb 2025
RBC Capital Nik Modi 44% 1-year accuracy 17 / 39 met price target	4% downside $105	Sector Perform Reiterated	3 Feb 2025