Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) earnings on May 1, 2026
More Church & Dwight Co., Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
The stock initially rose after its earnings report but finished the day down. This decline confirmed expectations that the stock might fall.
CHD price around the earnings
96.02
Change: -1.1%
2026-05-01, 19:59 UTC
- Price: green if it ends above the starting price; red if it ends below
- Market open
- Starting price
Prior thesis
Prior outlook: No statistical edge
- Thesis published
Analysts cautious, price trend negative, downside risk.
Experts are cautiously optimistic but are lowering their price targets, and the stock's price trend has been consistently negative.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analysts cautious, price trend negative, downside risk.
- Playbook
- The negative price trend and analyst caution suggest a cautious scenario, with the market awaiting a clearer context.
- Trend
- Outlook deteriorating over past three sessions.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Negative
Although the analyst consensus favors buying, several have recently reduced their price targets, indicating growing concern.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.29
- Analysts covering the stock
- 19
- Average price target
- 101.53
- Lowest price target
- 74
- Highest price target
- 115
- Upside to price target
- 8.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- -24.2%
- Revenue growth
- 3.9%
- Forward EPS
- 4
- Trailing EPS
- 3.02
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 4
- Strong buy: 2
- Buy: 8
- Hold: 9
- Sell: 1
- Strong sell: 1
- Strong buy
- 2
- Buy
- 8
- Hold
- 9
- Sell
- 1
- Strong sell
- 1
- April 17, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- April 14, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Underweight → Underweight)
- April 8, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- April 7, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Neutral
Online discussions show a majority of retail investors are positive, but with low participation, suggesting this sentiment may not be strong or widespread.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (3)
- JP Morgan Maintains Neutral on Church & Dwight Co, Lowers Price Target to $98 — Benzinga
- Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Church & Dwight Co, Lowers Price Target to $105 — Benzinga
- UBS Maintains Neutral on Church & Dwight Co, Lowers Price Target to $98 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The stock has shown a negative price trend over the last 30 days and has performed much worse than the broader market.
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Technical
Negative
The stock has recently declined and is market review near a price level that has previously provided support, a historically relevant reference level.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -12.1%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +0.4%
- 30-day change
- -7.8%
- 30-day relative strength
- -11.6%
- Benchmark change
- +3.8%
- Nearest support
- 91.73
- Nearest resistance
- 102.42
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.86
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +6.0%
- January 30, 2026: actual EPS 0.86 vs estimate 0.83 (surprise +3.0%)
- October 31, 2025: actual EPS 0.81 vs estimate 0.74 (surprise +9.9%)
- August 1, 2025: actual EPS 0.94 vs estimate 0.86 (surprise +9.5%)
- May 1, 2025: actual EPS 0.91 vs estimate 0.9 (surprise +1.4%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 3.8%
- 75th percentile move
- 5.2%
- 90th percentile move
- 7%
- Up / down moves
- 9 / 10
- Average up move
- +3.9%
- Average down move
- -3.1%
Monitoring and close
What Church & Dwight Co., Inc. reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Consolidated
- -1.1%
- Max move
- +3.6%
No verdict: the outlook took no direction, so there is nothing to score as a hit or a miss.