Oppenheimer Keeps Their Buy Rating on Church & Dwight (CHD)

Oppenheimer analyst Rupesh Parikh maintained a Buy rating on Church & Dwight (CHD – Research Report) today and set a price target of $120.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $105.95.

According to TipRanks, Parikh is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 10.6% and a 63.82% success rate. Parikh covers the Consumer Cyclical sector, focusing on stocks such as Costco, Ulta Beauty, and Dollar General.

In addition to Oppenheimer, Church & Dwight also received a Buy from Deutsche Bank’s Stephen Powers in a report issued yesterday. However, on April 15, Bank of America Securities maintained a Hold rating on Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD).

CHD market cap is currently $25.84B and has a P/E ratio of 34.72.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 79 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of CHD in relation to earlier this year. Last month, Barry A. Bruno, the EVP, Chf Mktng Offcr Pres CD of CHD sold 9,926.00 shares for a total of $1,037,763.30.

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Church & Dwight (CHD) Company Description:

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and market of household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, and Specialty Products. 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. The Consumer International segment offers personal care products, household and over-the counter products in Canada, France, Australia, China, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Brazil. The Specialty Products segment consists of sales to businesses which participated in different product areas, namely animal productivity, specialty chemicals, and specialty cleaners. The company was founded by Dwight John and Austin Church in 1846 and is headquartered in Ewing, NJ.