Church & Dwight Co., Inc [NYSE: CHD] stock went on a downward path that fall over -7.01% on Thursday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -7.81%.
Over the last 12 months, CHD stock dropped by -13.59%. The one-year Church & Dwight Co., Inc stock forecast points to a potential upside of 14.26. The average equity rating for CHD stock is currently 2.62, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $22.74 billion, with 245.88 million shares outstanding and 245.64 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 1.86M shares, CHD stock reached a trading volume of 4640038 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on Church & Dwight Co., Inc [CHD]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CHD shares is $107.74 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CHD stock is a recommendation set at 2.62. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
BofA Securities have made an estimate for Church & Dwight Co., Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on April 15, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Piper Sandler raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on September 24, 2024, representing the official price target for Church & Dwight Co., Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $110, while Morgan Stanley analysts kept a Equal-Weight rating on CHD stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Church & Dwight Co., Inc is set at 3.13, with the Price to Sales ratio for CHD stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.72. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.21, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.92. Price to Free Cash Flow for CHD in the course of the last twelve months was 23.29 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.24.
CHD Stock Performance Analysis:
Church & Dwight Co., Inc [CHD] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -7.81. With this latest performance, CHD shares dropped by -15.61% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -8.58% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -13.59% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for CHD stock in for the last two-week period is set at 25.73, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 19.38, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 30.37 for Church & Dwight Co., Inc [CHD]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 106.37, while it was recorded at 97.77 for the last single week of trading, and 104.79 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Church & Dwight Co., Inc Fundamentals:
Church & Dwight Co., Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.24 and a Current Ratio set at 1.70.
CHD Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CHD. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Church & Dwight Co., Inc go to 6.61%.
Church & Dwight Co., Inc [CHD] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $88.52%, or 88.67%% of CHD stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of CHD stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 30.23 million shares, which is approximately 12.3753%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 20.94 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$2.17 billion in CHD stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$1.26 billion in CHD stock with ownership which is approximately 4.9723%.
