We're taking a closer look at Church & Dwight Company today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -0.4% compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Church & Dwight Co., Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets household, personal care, and specialty products.
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Church & Dwight Company has moved 19.0% over the last year compared to 16.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 3.0%
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CHD has an average analyst rating of hold and is -11.36% away from its mean target price of $97.53 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $1.76
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Church & Dwight Company has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 49.1 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.43 and its forward P/E ratio is 25.2
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CHD has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 4.02, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 5.25 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Church & Dwight Company is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.33 and an average P/B of 3.12
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Church & Dwight Company has on average reported free cash flows of $807.93 Million over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 3.8%