Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Rating) will be announcing its earnings results before the market opens on Friday, February 3rd. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.60 per share for the quarter. Persons interested in listening to the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

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Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 28th. The company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $1.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.31 billion. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 13.88% and a return on equity of 21.23%. Church & Dwight’s revenue for the quarter was up .4% on a year-over- year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.80 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect Church & Dwight to post $3 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Stock Down 1.0 %

Shares of CHD opened at $81.29 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $81.15 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $81.16. Church & Dwight has a 12 month low of $70.16 and a 12 month high of $105.28. The company has a market capitalization of $19.82 billion, a PE ratio of 27.19, a PEG ratio of 3.95 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57 .

Institutional Trading of Church & Dwight

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 2.2% in the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,183,933 worth shares of the stock company’s stock $117,660,000 after purchasing an additional 25,480 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG lifted its stake in Church & Dwight by 7.7% during the 1st quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 733,851 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,931,000 after acquiring an additional 52,272 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Church & Dwight by 21.0% during the 2nd quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 733,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,936,000 . Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 10.0% in the 1st quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 686,453 sh ares of the company’s stock worth $68,220,000 after acquiring an additional 62,400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc raised its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 43.2% in the first quarter. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc shares of 2 now, owns the company’s stock valued at $66,804,000 after purchasing an additional 202,627 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.86% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CHD has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. StockNews.com assumed coverage on Church & Dwight in a research note on Wednesday, October 12th. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. Evercore ISI initiated coverage on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Monday, October 17th. They issued an “in-line” rating on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $75.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Friday, January 13th. Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $85.00 to $93.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on Church & Dwight from $93.00 to $83.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, October 10th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold ratio ng and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $88.93.

About Church & Dwight

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Church & Dwight Co, Inc engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, Specialty Products, and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, and household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasals and pletups, moisturizers.

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