This afternoon we watched Church & Dwight drop -2.5% to a price of $84.7 per share. The Large-Cap Household & Personal Products company is now trading -12.63% below its average target price of $96.95. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $73.0 to $114.0 per share for Church & Dwight, and have given the stock an average rating of hold.
The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 3.4%, and a short ratio of 3.36. The company's insiders own 0.19% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 95.5% of Church & Dwight's shares being owned by this investor type.
Institutions Invested in Church & Dwight
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | Vanguard Group Inc | 13% | 31,146,773 | $2,638,134,904 |
| 2025-06-30 | Blackrock Inc. | 9% | 22,481,476 | $1,904,183,349 |
| 2025-06-30 | State Street Corporation | 6% | 13,467,055 | $1,140,660,955 |
| 2025-06-30 | Capital International Investors | 4% | 9,517,832 | $806,161,357 |
| 2025-06-30 | Fundsmith LLP | 3% | 6,824,289 | $578,017,986 |
| 2025-06-30 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 3% | 6,290,207 | $532,781,185 |
| 2025-09-30 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 3% | 6,136,330 | $519,747,787 |
| 2025-06-30 | Stifel Financial Corporation | 2% | 4,305,155 | $364,647,075 |
| 2025-09-30 | Massachusetts Financial Services Co. | 2% | 4,284,694 | $362,914,026 |
| 2025-06-30 | Morgan Stanley | 2% | 4,055,553 | $343,505,759 |
Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Church & Dwight.
