Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Church & Dwight Co., Inc shares valued at $182,540 were purchased by Read Michael on Aug 05 ’25. At $91.27 per share, Read Michael acquired 2,000 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 7,505 shares worth approximately $0.69 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Hooker Carlen sold 6,380 shares, netting a total of over 627,161 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $98.30 each, the insider now holds 262 shares.
Before that, Carlen G Hooker had added 6,380 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $631,620, the Officer bought Church & Dwight Co., Inc shares for $99.00 each.
As published in a research note from Rothschild & Co Redburn on July 14, 2025, Church & Dwight Co., Inc [CHD] has been rated down from a Neutral to a Sell and the price target has been revised to $83. Analysts at RBC Capital Mkts upgraded the stock from ‘”a Sector perform”‘ to ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in early June. As of May 06, 2025, TD Cowen has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Hold” for CHD. Earlier on April 15, 2025, BofA Securities upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for CHD stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing CHD Stock Performance
On last trading session, Church & Dwight Co., Inc [NYSE: CHD] rose 1.49% to $92.5. The stock’s lowest price that day was $90.825, but it reached a high of $92.795 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.60%. Over the course of the year, Church & Dwight Co., Inc shares have dropped approximately -6.12%.
Is Church & Dwight Co., Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Church & Dwight Co., Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.56 million shares to 7.5 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 6.95 million shares. A jump of 7.41% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.31 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.31.
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In terms of Church & Dwight Co., Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 97 in the next 12 months, up nearly 6.43% from the previous closing price of $91.14. Analysts anticipate Church & Dwight Co., Inc stock to reach 110 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 83. In spite of this, 15 analysts ranked Church & Dwight Co., Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 24, 2024, Piper Sandler assigned a price target of “an Overweight” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $120.
