Church & Dwight Co (CHD)

• Market cap: $26.2B
• 1 day: 0.26%
• 5 days: 1.18%
• 1 month: -3.30%
• 3 months: 3.72%
• 6 months: 2.16%
• Year to date: 12.87%
• 1 year: 15.67%
• 5 years: 51.68%
• 10 years: 166.25%
• 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: 5,550

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

0% less funds holding

Funds holding: 1,007 [Q2] → 1,005 (-2) [Q3]

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $22.4B [Q2] → $22B (-$334M) [Q3]

2% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 85 | Existing positions closed: 87

2.31% less ownership

Funds ownership: 88.31% [Q2] → 86.0% (-2.31%) [Q3]

19% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 319 | Existing positions reduced: 394

29% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 14 [Q2] → 10 (-4) [Q3]

56% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $33.8M | Put options by funds: $77.5M

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $85 20% downside
• Avg. target: $106 1% downside
• High target: $117 10% upside

5 analyst ratings

• positive: 3 60%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 2 40%

Barclays Lauren Lieberman 43% 1-year accuracy 39 / 91 met price target	20% downside $85	Underweight Maintained	5 Nov 2024
Deutsche Bank Steve Powers 58% 1-year accuracy 11 / 19 met price target	8% upside $115	Buy Maintained	4 Nov 2024
TD Cowen Robert Moskow 46% 1-year accuracy 21 / 46 met price target	10% upside $117	Buy Maintained	4 Nov 2024
JP Morgan Andrea Teixeira 40% 1-year accuracy 21 / 53 met price target	7% downside $99	Underweight Maintained	4 Nov 2024
Wells Fargo Chris Carey 33% 1-year accuracy 11 / 33 met price target	8% upside $115	Overweight Maintained	4 Nov 2024