Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD) is expecting 3.33% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

On Tuesday, Church & Dwight Co., Inc (NYSE: CHD) was -0.56% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $110.09. A 52-week range for CHD has been $96.35 – $116.46.

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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Defensive sector was 7.03%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 7.53%. With a float of $245.63 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $245.88 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 5750 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 45.18%, operating margin of 13.22%, and the pretax margin is 12.38%.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Church & Dwight Co., Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Church & Dwight Co., Inc is 0.20%, while institutional ownership is 87.88%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 12 ’25, was worth 1,216,392. In this transaction EVP, Chief HR Officer of this company sold 11,060 shares at a rate of $109.98, taking the stock ownership to the 6,437 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 11 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 11,060 for $112.00, making the entire transaction worth $1,238,720.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.96 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.53% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.46% during the next five years compared to -0.60% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc (NYSE: CHD) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.24. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.41. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 27.59.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.37, a number that is poised to hit 0.90 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.98 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Church & Dwight Co., Inc (CHD)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.6 million, its volume of 1.58 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 89.34%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.13.

During the past 100 days, Church & Dwight Co., Inc’s (CHD) raw stochastic average was set at 55.19%, which indicates a significant decrease from 77.40% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 17.47% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 18.78% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $107.81, while its 200-day Moving Average is $105.12. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $110.85 in the near term. At $112.24, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $113.47. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $108.23, it is likely to go to the next support level at $107.00. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $105.61.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc (NYSE: CHD) Key Stats

There are 246,110K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 26.94 billion. As of now, sales total 6,107 M while income totals 585,300 K. Its latest quarter income was 1,582 M while its last quarter net income were 189,200 K.