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Church & Dwight Co., Inc (NYSE: CHD) closed the day trading at $92.94 up 0.61% from the previous closing price of $92.38. In other words, the price has increased by $0.61 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.11 million shares were traded. CHD stock price reached its highest trading level at $93.99 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $92.31.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CHD, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 21.29 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 24.62. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.43 and its Current Ratio is at 1.95. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.53 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.52.
On September 24, 2024, Piper Sandler started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $120.
Morgan Stanley Downgraded its Overweight to Equal-Weight on September 09, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $110.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 12 ’25 when Hemsey Rene sold 11,060 shares for $109.98 per share. The transaction valued at 1,216,392 led to the insider holds 6,437 shares of the business.
Rene Hemsey bought 11,060 shares of CHD for $1,238,720 on Mar 11 ’25. On Mar 10 ’25, another insider, DE MAYNADIER PATRICK D, who serves as the EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary of the company, sold 54,510 shares for $115.98 each. As a result, the insider received 6,321,863 and left with 10,497 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CHD now has a Market Capitalization of 22873464832 and an Enterprise Value of 24219115520. As of this moment, Church’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 39.88, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.68. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 7.85. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.77 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.03. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.989 whereas that against EBITDA is 17.738.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CHD is 0.53, which has changed by -0.11829996 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09765589 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CHD has reached a high of $116.46, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $91.76. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -12.44%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -11.27%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CHD traded about 1.90M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CHD traded about 2865670 shares per day. A total of 246.23M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 245.64M. Insiders hold about 0.19% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 87.79% stake in the company. Shares short for CHD as of 1744675200 were 5531533 with a Short Ratio of 2.91, compared to 1741910400 on 5212155. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5531533 and a Short% of Float of 2.5700000000000003.
Dividends & Splits
CHD’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.15, up from 1.146 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.012405283The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.13. The current Payout Ratio is 47.88% for CHD, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1747267200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2016-09-02 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
