Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) earnings on July 31, 2026

CHD price around the earnings

98.81

Change: +1.2%

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95.79 97.12 98.46 99.79 97.68

July 31, 2026

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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial

Thesis published: 2026-07-31, 09:56 UTC
Results released: 2026-07-31, 10:55 UTC

Strong recent earnings history offset by weak trend strength, resistance overhead, and cautious analyst sentiment with flat growth outlook.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend: Sharp trend strength collapse from +27.3 to -26.9 into event; weak technicals and resistance overhead dominate.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus: Buy
Consensus average (1-5): 2.24
Analysts covering the stock: 19
Average price target: 103.84
Lowest price target: 77
Highest price target: 115
Upside to price target: 6.3%
Quarterly earnings growth: -1.7%
Revenue growth: 0.2%
Forward EPS: 4.05
Trailing EPS: 2.97
Analyst moves in the last 60 days: 5

Strong buy: 2
Buy: 8
Hold: 9
Sell: 0
Strong sell: 2

Strong buy: 2
Buy: 8
Hold: 9
Sell: 0
Strong sell: 2

July 21, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Underweight → Underweight)
July 16, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
July 16, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
July 8, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
June 1, 2026 · RBC Capital: Reiterates rating (Outperform → Outperform)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment

Sentiment: Constructive
Mention volume: Low
Normalized volume: 29.7%

News

Sources (5)

Barclays Maintains Underweight on Church & Dwight Co, Raises Price Target to $86 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
JP Morgan Maintains Neutral on Church & Dwight Co, Raises Price Target to $105 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
UBS Maintains Neutral on Church & Dwight Co, Raises Price Target to $104 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Church & Dwight Co, Raises Price Target to $110 (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Watching Church & Dwight; Hearing Zacks Commodities Investor Buys Stock (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed: 97.67
Average true range (ATR): 2.2%
Distance to 52-week high: -6.9%
14-day change (14d): -1.4%
30-day change (30d): +0.8%
30-day relative strength: +1.5%
SPY change (30d): -0.7%
Nearest support: 97.54
Distance to nearest support: 0.1%
Nearest resistance: 97.99
Distance to nearest resistance: 0.3%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d): 0.95

Major: 97.54 (0.1% away, 0.06 ATR, 49 touches)
Major: 97.11 (0.6% away, 0.26 ATR, 63 touches)
Major: 95.92 (1.8% away, 0.8 ATR, 52 touches)

Major: 97.99 (0.3% away, 0.15 ATR, 39 touches)
Major: 98.78 (1.1% away, 0.51 ATR, 41 touches)
Major: 99.67 (2.1% away, 0.92 ATR, 40 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise: +6.2%

May 1, 2026: actual EPS 0.95 vs estimate 0.93 (surprise +2.2%)
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%)

Expected move

Implied move: +1.7%
Source: Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move: 3.2%
75th percentile move: 5.1%
90th percentile move: 7%
Up / down moves: 9 / 11
Average up move: +3.9%
Average down move: -2.9%

Monitoring and close

What Church & Dwight Co., Inc. reported

Status: Finished

Actual EPS	0.89
EPS estimate	0.9
EPS surprise	-1.1%
Revenue	$1,530 million
Revenue estimate	$1,503 million
Revenue surprise	+1.8%

Church & Dwight exceeded its second-quarter outlook, driven by volume growth and market-share gains. The company raised its annual forecasts, maintaining an optimistic tone.

Sources (13)

Church & Dwight Stock Rises: Q2 Organic Sales Beat Masks EPS Miss (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Church & Dwight Q2 Earnings Call Highlights (opens in a new tab) — MarketBeat
CHD Q2 Earnings Match Estimates, Sales Beat on Strong Organic Growth (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
Compared to Estimates, Church & Dwight (CHD) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
Church & Dwight (CHD) Meets Q2 Earnings Estimates (opens in a new tab) — Zacks
Church & Dwight Lifts Outlook After 2Q Organic Sales Jump (opens in a new tab) — The Wall Street Journal
Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) Surprises With Q2 CY2026 Sales (opens in a new tab) — StockStory
Church & Dwight Co Sees Q3 Adj EPS $0.89 vs $0.94 Est; Sees Sales $1.578B vs $1.572B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Church & Dwight Co Raises FY2026 GAAP EPS Guidance from $3.57-$3.67 to $3.61-$3.68 vs $3.69 Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Church & Dwight Co Raises FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $3.71-$3.81 to $3.74-$3.81 vs $3.76 Est; Lowers FY2026 Sales Guidance from $6.110B-$6.172B to $6.107B-$6.168B vs $6.182B Est (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Church & Dwight's adjusted earnings of $0.89 per share missed the $0.90 estimate. Revenue of $1.530B beat the $1.503B expectation. — Benzinga
Church & Dwight Co Q2 Adj. EPS $0.89 Misses $0.90 Estimate, Sales $1.530B Beat $1.503B Estimate (opens in a new tab) — Benzinga
Church & Dwight Delivers Strong Second Quarter Results (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict: Missed expectations

Heading into the open, results beat expectations on revenue but not on earnings, and the price is indicating +1.5% pre-market, a move below the stock's usual reaction (about 3%). The figures don't confirm the prior scenario: the price move doesn't follow the direction the results point to.

How the stock reacted

Outcome: Partial
Consolidated: +1.2%
Max favorable move (MFE): 2.9%
Max adverse move (MAE): 2.2%