Savant Capital LLC Sells 227 Shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD)

Savant Capital LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) by 4.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 5,511 shares of the company’s stock after selling 227 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $577,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in CHD. YANKCOM Partnership bought a new stake in Church & Dwight in the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP bought a new stake in Church & Dwight in the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC bought a new stake in Church & Dwight in the 3rd quarter worth $28,000. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its holdings in Church & Dwight by 224.4% in the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 266 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC bought a new stake in Church & Dwight in the 4th quarter worth $39,000. Institutional investors own 86.60% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Church & Dwight news, Director Ravichandra Krishnamu Saligram sold 10,000 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $106.11, for a total value of $1,061,100.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 32,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,448,575. The trade was a 23.53 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Maynadier Patrick D. De sold 45,120 shares of Church & Dwight stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.19, for a total transaction of $5,062,012.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 10,325 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,158,361.75. This trade represents a 81.38 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 102,422 shares of company stock valued at $11,424,351. Insiders own 2.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

CHD has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $90.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Church & Dwight from $99.00 to $107.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a $105.00 target price on shares of Church & Dwight in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $113.00 to $115.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on shares of Church & Dwight from $114.00 to $115.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $111.53.

Church & Dwight Trading Down 2.2 %

Shares of NYSE CHD opened at $105.12 on Monday. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has a 1 year low of $96.35 and a 1 year high of $113.50. The stock has a market cap of $25.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.35 and a beta of 0.59. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $105.48 and a 200 day moving average of $104.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.70 and a quick ratio of 1.24.

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.77. Church & Dwight had a net margin of 9.58% and a return on equity of 20.03%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.65 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Church & Dwight Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be issued a $0.295 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This is a boost from Church & Dwight’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. This represents a $1.18 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.12%. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is 47.68%.

About Church & Dwight

Church & Dwight Co, Inc engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, Specialty Products, and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, and household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements.