$96.54-2.01 (-2.04%)
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. in the Consumer Defensive sector is trading at $96.54 with a market capitalization of $24.0B. Wall Street consensus targets $105.37 (19 analysts), implying a +9.1% move over the next 12 months. The stock is currently 9% below its 52-week high of $106.04, remaining 2.2% above its 200-day moving average. On fundamentals, Piotroski 5/9 shows mixed financial quality, Altman Z in the safe zone. The Whystock Score of 100/100 reflects bullish alignment across trend, valuation and analyst targets.
| Metric (USD) | Q2 2026 | Q1 2026 | Q4 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q2 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | — | $1.47B↓ | $1.64B↑ | $1.59B↑ | $1.51B |
| Gross Profit | — | $681.40M↓ | $753.80M↑ | $714.40M↑ | $647.00M |
| Operating Income | — | $291.00M↑ | $266.00M↑ | $254.60M↓ | $261.70M |
| Net Income | — | $216.30M↑ | $143.50M↓ | $182.20M↓ | $191.00M |
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates in three segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, and Specialty Products Division. The company offers baking soda,...

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The latest insider activity at Church & Dwight (CHD) centers on Executive Vice President Carlos G. Linares exercising options and selling 15,375 shares, while maintaining his overall beneficial ownership through same day derivative security conversion. Against this backdrop, Church & Dwight’s recent 7 day share price return of 3.89% and 90 day share price return of 5.36% feed into a stronger trend, with a year to date share price return of 24.47% and a 1 year total shareholder return of...

Carlos Linares exercised options at $50.28 per share and immediately sold at $102.00, maintaining his total beneficial ownership through the same-day conversion of derivative securities.
Academic risk and quality models computed from CHD's own filings and price history, not from analyst opinion.
Mixed: 5 of 9 fundamental-health tests pass, so profitability and balance-sheet trends disagree.
Altman Z above the 2.99 safe threshold, so the model puts bankruptcy risk in its lowest band.
Beneish M below the -1.78 flag threshold, so the earnings-manipulation model finds nothing unusual in the accruals and margin trends.
Share of earnings coming from accruals rather than cash. Higher values historically precede weaker future returns.
Hidden Markov model fitted to two years of returns, separating bull, bear and sideways states by their own drift and volatility.
GARCH(1,1) 30-day annualised forecast, level with the current 22.0% reading.
Fama-French 5-factor market beta. The five factors explain 24% of this stock's return variance; the rest is idiosyncratic.
The stock’s own historical valuation anchor, which is a fairer comparison than a sector average for a company with a persistent premium or discount.
Model inputs as of 2026-09-08.