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Don't Buy Church & Dwight Without Checking Its Fundamentals!

Shares of Consumer Discretionary sector company Church & Dwight moved 1.3% today, and are now trading at a price of $83.58. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 1,347,166 compared to its average volume of 2,175,957. The S&P 500 index returned a -1.0% performance.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets household, personal care, and specialty products. The company is based in Ewing and has 5,750 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $20,359,596,032. Church & Dwight currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.4% per year.

19 analysts are following Church & Dwight and have set target prices ranging from $73.0 to $114.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of hold. At today's prices, CHD is trading -13.79% away from its average analyst target price of $96.95 per share.

Over the last year, CHD shares have gone down by -26.5%, which represents a difference of -38.1% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $116.46 per share and its 52 week low is $81.33. With average free cash flows of $841.18 Million that have been growing at an average rate of 3.0% over the last 5 years, Church & Dwight declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2024 1,156,200 179,800 976,400 20.98
2023 1,030,600 223,500 807,100 14.26
2022 885,200 178,800 706,400 -19.27
2021 993,800 118,800 875,000 -1.84
2020 990,300 98,900 891,400 12.72
2019 864,500 73,700 790,800
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