Church & Dwight Company (CHD) — A Fundamental Analysis

By Blake Campbell • Sunday, February 04 15:34 • Permanent Link

One of the losers of today's trading session was Church & Dwight Company. Shares of the Household & personal products company plunged -2.4%, and some investors may be wondering if its price of $99.37 would make a good entry point. Here's what you should know if you are considering this investment:

Church & Dwight Company has moved 19.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 20.6%
CHD has an average analyst rating of hold and is 1.21% away from its mean target price of $98.18 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $3.05
Church & Dwight Company has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.6 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.41 and its forward P/E ratio is 29.1
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 6.3 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Church & Dwight Company is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.96 and an average P/B of 4.24
The company has a free cash flow of $796.88 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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 cat litters, carpet deodorizers, laundry detergents, and baking soda, as well as other baking soda based products under the ARM & HAMMER brand; condoms, lubricants, and vibrators under the TROJAN brand; stain removers, cleaning solutions, laundry detergents, and bleach alternatives under the OXICLEAN brand; toothbrushes under the SPINBRUSH brand; home pregnancy and ovulation test kits under the FIRST RESPONSE brand; depilatories under the NAIR brand; oral analgesics under the ORAJEL brand; laundry detergents under the XTRA brand; gummy dietary supplements under the L'IL CRITTERS and VITAFUSION brands; dry shampoos under the BATISTE brand; water flossers and showerheads under the WATERPIK brand; cold shortening and relief products under the ZICAM brand; oral care products under the THERABREATH brand; and acne treatment products under the HERO brand. Its specialty products include animal productivity products, such as MEGALAC rumen bypass fat, a supplement that enables cows to maintain energy levels during the period of high milk production; BIO-CHLOR and FERMENTEN, which are used to reduce health issues associated with calving, as well as provides needed protein; and CELMANAX refined functional carbohydrate, a yeast-based prebiotic. The company offers sodium bicarbonate; and cleaning and deodorizing products. It sells its consumer products through supermarkets, mass merchandisers, wholesale clubs, drugstores, convenience stores, home stores, dollar and other discount stores, pet and other specialty stores, and websites and other e-commerce channels; and specialty products to industrial customers and livestock producers through distributors. The company was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey.

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