Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $CHD Shares Sold by Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Teacher Retirement System of Texas lessened its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 64.9% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 32,241 shares of the company’s stock after selling 59,498 shares during the period. Teacher Retirement System of Texas’ holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $2,825,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 1.2% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 31,830,529 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,059,232,000 after purchasing an additional 388,890 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,467,055 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,294,319,000 after buying an additional 387,667 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.9% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,290,207 shares of the company’s stock worth $601,991,000 after buying an additional 177,990 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 25.1% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,510,113 shares of the company’s stock valued at $337,357,000 after acquiring an additional 703,171 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 1.5% during the third quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,317,338 shares of the company’s stock valued at $291,660,000 after acquiring an additional 48,259 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Oppenheimer set a $100.00 target price on Church & Dwight and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Argus dropped their price objective on Church & Dwight from $110.00 to $102.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Bank of America cut 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. Citigroup raised Church & Dwight from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $85.00 to $87.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $102.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and four have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $98.85.

Church & Dwight Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE CHD opened at $91.51 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $86.06 and its 200 day simple moving average is $88.92. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.78, a PEG ratio of 4.32 and a beta of 0.46. The company has a quick ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 52-week low of $81.33 and a 52-week high of $116.46.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 19.32% and a net margin of 12.74%.Church & Dwight’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.79 EPS. Church & Dwight has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.830-0.83 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 3.490-3.49 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Church & Dwight

Church & Dwight Co, Inc is a U.S.-based consumer products company best known for its Arm & Hammer baking soda business. Founded in 1846 with the manufacture and marketing of sodium bicarbonate, the company has grown into a diversified maker and marketer of household, personal care and specialty products. Church & Dwight is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CHD and is headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey.

The company’s portfolio spans a range of categories including household cleaning and laundry, oral care, personal care, sexual wellness and health & wellness.