Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD – Get Rating) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research note issued on Tuesday, MarketBeat.com reports. The brokerage presently has a $ 95.00 price target on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 8.46% from the company current price.
Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Atlantic Securities downgraded Church & Dwight from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $ 80.00 price target for the company. in a report on Wednesday, March 2nd. Barclays reduced their price target on Church & Dwight from $ 81.00 to $ 77.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, May 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Church & Dwight from $ 87.00 to $ 85.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 30th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on Church & Dwight from $ 80.00 to $ 86.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 12th. Finally, StockNews.com initiated coverage on Church & Dwight in a report on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “hold” rating for the company. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $ 97.00.
Shares of Church & Dwight stock opened at $ 87.59 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $ 21.26 billion, a P / E ratio of 26.87, a P / E / G ratio of 3.25 and a beta of 0.43. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $ 93.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $ 97.40. Church & Dwight has a 12 month low of $ 80.34 and a 12 month high of $ 105.28.
Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 28th. The company reported $ 0.83 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $ 0.76 by $ 0.07. The business had revenue of $ 1.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $ 1.29 billion. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 22.29% and a net margin of 15.46%. The company revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $ 0.83 earnings per share. Analysts predict that Church & Dwight will post 3.15 earnings per share for the current year.
In related news, Director Bradley C. Irwin sold 7,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $ 97.86, for a total transaction of $ 685,020.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 41,636 shares in the company, valued at $ 4,074,498.96. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Insiders own 1.70% of the company stock.
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. North Star Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. North Star Asset Management Inc. now owns 67,006 shares of the company stock worth $ 6,868,000 after acquiring an additional 1,002 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 180,401 shares of the company stock worth $ 18,491,000 after acquiring an additional 453 shares during the last quarter. Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the fourth quarter worth $ 222,000. Valmark Advisers Inc. boosted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 3,721 shares of the company stock worth $ 381,000 after acquiring an additional 152 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kenfarb & CO. bought a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the fourth quarter worth $ 2,398,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.81% of the company stock.
Church & Dwight Company Profile: (Get Rating)
Church & Dwight Co, Inc develops, manufactures, and markets household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates through three segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, and Specialty Products Division. The company offers cat litters, carpet deodorizers, laundry detergents, and baking soda, as well as other baking soda based products under the ARM & HAMMER brand; condoms, lubricants, and vibrators under the TROJAN brand; stain removers, cleaning solutions, laundry detergents, and bleach alternatives under the OXICLEAN brand; battery-operated and manual toothbrushes under the SPINBRUSH brand; home pregnancy and ovulation test kits under the FIRST RESPONSE brand; depilatories under the NAIR brand; oral analgesics under the ORAJEL brand; laundry detergents under the XTRA brand; gummy dietary supplements under the L’IL CRITTERS and VITAFUSION brands; dry shampoos under the BATISTE brand; water flossers and replacement showerheads under the WATERPIK brand; FLAWLESS products; cold shortening and relief products under the ZICAM brand; and oral care products under the THERABREATH brand.
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