Reilly Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Church & Dwight Company, Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 10.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 24,930 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,275 shares during the period. Reilly Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $1,293,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. BlackRock Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 2,267.4% in the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 19,461,970 shares of the company’s stock valued at $970,569,000 after buying an additional 18,639,877 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 23.1% in the first quarter. State Street Corp now owns 14,762,551 shares of the company’s stock valued at $736,228,000 after buying an additional 2,769,003 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 4.0% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 27,439,085 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,368,388,000 after buying an additional 1,054,013 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 974.9% in the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 692,230 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,522,000 after buying an additional 627,830 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Church & Dwight by 46.2% in the first quarter. UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. now owns 1,531,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,375,000 after buying an additional 483,620 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.10% of the company’s stock.
Shares of Church & Dwight Company, Inc. (CHD) traded up 0.310% during trading on Monday, hitting $53.465. The stock had a trading volume of 327,553 shares. Church & Dwight Company, Inc. has a 12-month low of $42.56 and a 12-month high of $54.18. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $52.82 and its 200-day moving average is $50.09. The company has a market cap of $13.33 billion, a PE ratio of 29.216 and a beta of 0.57.
Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 4th. The company reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $877.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $869.06 million. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 24.11% and a net margin of 13.56%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.43 earnings per share. Analysts forecast that Church & Dwight Company, Inc. will post $1.93 earnings per share for the current year.
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley lowered Church & Dwight from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 16th. Zacks Investment Research lowered Church & Dwight from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 6th. BidaskClub raised Church & Dwight from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, June 17th. Jefferies Group LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $54.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Wednesday, April 12th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a $45.00 price objective on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Friday, May 5th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Church & Dwight presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $51.22.
About Church & Dwight
Church & Dwight Co, Inc develops, manufactures and markets a range of household, personal care and specialty products. The Company’s segments include Consumer Domestic, Consumer International and Specialty Products Division (SPD). The Company also sells specialty products to industrial customers and distributors.
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