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Church & Dwight Co.

CHD
49
Household & Personal Products · Consumer Defensive
Price
$98.07
-1.05 (-1.06%)
Market Cap
$23.24B
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

2.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 249.6M (2021) → 244.3M (2025)

Church & Dwight makes everyday household and personal care products that people buy at grocery stores, pharmacies, and big-box retailers like Walmart and Target. Its most famous brand is Arm & Hammer, which appears on baking soda, laundry detergent, toothpaste, and cat litter. The company also owns well-known names like OxiClean, Trojan, Vitafusion vitamins, and Waterpik, giving it a broad portfolio across cleaning, health, and personal care.

The company earns money by selling these branded consumer products directly to retailers, who then sell them to everyday shoppers. Most of its revenue comes from the United States, though it has a growing international business. Its main competitive advantage is owning trusted, recognizable brands that shoppers repeatedly buy out of habit, which gives it pricing power and stable demand. The key risk is that rising raw material costs or private-label competition from store brands could pressure its profit margins over time.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+1.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.3%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$503M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Church & Dwight Co. is growing revenue at 0% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
46.4%
Healthy — 46.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
19.8%
Healthy — 19.8% operating margin
ROCE
4.5%
Weak — 4.5% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+2.2%
Nearly flat sales (2.2% YoY)
EPS YoY
+28.8%
Earnings growing fast (28.8% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
164%
Turns 164% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
17.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.2%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.53
Conservative — low debt load (0.53)
Interest Cover
11.19x
Comfortably covers interest (11.2x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
32.3x
Pricey — P/E 32.3

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+9.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (32.3 → 22.5)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.24%
Small dividend — 1.24% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+4.1%
Dividend growing modestly (4.1% YoY)

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