Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Price Target Raised to $105.00 at Stifel Nicolaus

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) had its price objective lifted by research analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $103.00 to $105.00 in a note issued to investors on Monday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “hold” rating on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus’ target price would indicate a potential downside of 1.43% from the company’s current price.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. TD Cowen increased their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $117.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $99.00 to $107.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $113.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 17th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $110.72.

Church & Dwight Trading Up 0.9 %

CHD stock traded up $1.00 during trading on Monday, reaching $106.52. The company had a trading volume of 472,877 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,588,646. Church & Dwight has a 52 week low of $96.09 and a 52 week high of $113.50. The company has a market cap of $26.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.96, a PEG ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 0.59. The business has a 50 day moving average of $106.30 and a 200 day moving average of $104.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.70 and a quick ratio of 1.24.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.77. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 9.58% and a return on equity of 20.03%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.65 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Church & Dwight will post 3.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Church & Dwight

In other news, EVP Rick Spann sold 39,520 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.00, for a total value of $4,426,240.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 4,973 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $556,976. The trade was a 88.82 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Joseph James Longo sold 7,780 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.44, for a total value of $874,783.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 400 shares in the company, valued at $44,976. This trade represents a 95.11 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 415,622 shares of company stock valued at $43,994,559 over the last ninety days. 1.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. YANKCOM Partnership purchased a new position in Church & Dwight in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP purchased a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 224.4% during the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 266 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 184 shares during the period. Finally, Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Church & Dwight during the second quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

About Church & Dwight

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, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements.