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Church & Dwight Co., Inc is a household & personal products business based in the US. Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares (CHD) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Church-and-Dwight CoInc employs 4,800 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$4.6 billion.

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How has coronavirus impacted Church-and-Dwight CoInc's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Church-and-Dwight CoInc's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$92.34, which is 17.03% up on its pre-crash value of USD$76.61 and 92.46% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$47.98.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$810.18 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,229.05.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc share price

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Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$92.34
52-week range	USD$59.36 - USD$98.96
50-day moving average	USD$92.8457
200-day moving average	USD$83.0854
Wall St. target price	USD$95.27
PE ratio	33.2517
Dividend yield	USD$0.96 (1.04%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.859

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Church-and-Dwight CoInc price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $92.34 from 2020-10-19

1 week (2020-11-17)	5.88%
1 month (2020-10-23)	0.47%
3 months (2020-08-25)	-3.91%
6 months (2020-05-22)	28.37%

1 year (2019-11-22)	34.14%
2 years (2018-11-23)	40.04%
3 years (2017-11-24)	106.02%
5 years (2015-11-24)	6.59%

Is Church-and-Dwight CoInc under- or over-valued?

Valuing Church-and-Dwight CoInc stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Church-and-Dwight CoInc's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's P/E ratio

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 33x. In other words, Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares trade at around 33x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's PEG ratio

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.8975. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Church-and-Dwight CoInc's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's EBITDA

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$1.1 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Church-and-Dwight CoInc's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc financials

Revenue TTM	USD$4.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	20.74%
Gross profit TTM	USD$2 billion
Return on assets TTM	8.77%
Return on equity TTM	25.74%
Profit margin	15.7%
Book value	$12.142
Market capitalisation	USD$23 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares

There are currently 3.7 million Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares held short by investors – that's known as Church-and-Dwight CoInc's "short interest". This figure is 0.9% up from 3.7 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares can be evaluated.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares traded daily (recently around 1.3 million). Church-and-Dwight CoInc's SIR currently stands at 2.92. In other words for every 100,000 Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2920 shares are currently held short.

However Church-and-Dwight CoInc's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares, or, against the total number of tradable Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Church-and-Dwight CoInc's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0171% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares, roughly 17 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Church-and-Dwight CoInc.

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Church-and-Dwight CoInc's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Church-and-Dwight CoInc.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 31.73

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Church-and-Dwight CoInc's overall score of 31.73 (as at 10/01/2020) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 46th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Church-and-Dwight CoInc is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's environmental score

Environmental score: 14.15/100

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's environmental score of 14.15 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Church-and-Dwight CoInc is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's social score

Social score: 15.62/100

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's social score of 15.62 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Church-and-Dwight CoInc is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's governance score

Governance score: 12.96/100

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Church-and-Dwight CoInc is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Church-and-Dwight CoInc scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Church-and-Dwight CoInc has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Church & Dwight Co., Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2020-10-01.

Total ESG score	31.73
Total ESG percentile	46.32
Environmental score	14.15
Environmental score percentile	8
Social score	15.62
Social score percentile	8
Governance score	12.96
Governance score percentile	8
Level of controversy	2

Church-and-Dwight CoInc share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 33.72% of net profits

Recently Church-and-Dwight CoInc has paid out, on average, around 33.72% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.04% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Church-and-Dwight CoInc shareholders could enjoy a 1.04% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Church-and-Dwight CoInc's case, that would currently equate to about $0.96 per share.

While Church-and-Dwight CoInc's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Church-and-Dwight CoInc may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's most recent dividend payout was on 1 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 13 August 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Church-and-Dwight CoInc's shares ever split?

Church-and-Dwight CoInc's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 2 September 2016. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares which in turn could have impacted Church-and-Dwight CoInc's share price.

Church-and-Dwight CoInc share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Church-and-Dwight CoInc's shares have ranged in value from as little as $59.36 up to $98.96. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Church-and-Dwight CoInc's is 0.3878. This would suggest that Church-and-Dwight CoInc's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Church-and-Dwight CoInc overview

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets household, personal care, and specialty products in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, and Specialty Products Division. The company offers cat litters, carpet deodorization, 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; battery-operated and manual 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 replacement showerheads under the WATERPIK brand; and hair removal products under the FLAWLESS brand. It provides specialty products, including animal productivity products, such as MEGALAC rumen bypass fat, a supplement, which enables cows to maintain energy levels during the period of high milk production; BIO-CHLOR and FERMENTEN, which are designed to help reduce health issues associated with calving, as well as provides needed protein; and CELMANAX refined functional carbohydrate, a yeast based prebiotic. In addition, 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.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Church-and-Dwight CoInc is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.201% of Church-and-Dwight CoInc shares are held by insiders and 86.362% by institutions.

• How many people work for Church-and-Dwight CoInc?

  Latest data suggests 4,800 work at Church-and-Dwight CoInc.

• When does the fiscal year end for Church-and-Dwight CoInc?

  Church-and-Dwight CoInc's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Church-and-Dwight CoInc based?

  Church-and-Dwight CoInc's address is: Princeton South Corporate Center, Ewing, NJ, United States, 08628

• What is Church-and-Dwight CoInc's ISIN number?

  Church-and-Dwight CoInc's international securities identification number is: US1713401024

• What is Church-and-Dwight CoInc's CUSIP number?

  Church-and-Dwight CoInc's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 171340102