Company Dossier · Consumer Staples
Church & Dwight
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Church & Dwight is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $6.23 billion, up 2.6% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2025: $0.93 billion, up 19% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.15 billion, up 7.1% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.90 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 31, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 6 outlook figures raised, 1 lowered, 0 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 12, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $5.5 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,074 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+18 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, Feb 25, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Church & Dwight is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Retrenching · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Retrenching
- Capital spending54th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings46th pct
- Deals and private raises41st pct
- Patent publications17th pct
- − Patent publications
- − Deals and private raises
- + Capital spending
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment77th pct
- Call confidence83rd pct
- Guidance changes76th pct
- Risk factors added46th pct
- Insider open-market trades24th pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
- + Guidance changes
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver81st pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →Church & Dwight's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$2.3B
- Due within a year $0.1B
- Longer term $2.2B
- Default point $1.2B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
In the news
Headlines that name Church & Dwight, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralChurch & Dwight (CHD): Is Faster Growth Earning an Adequate Return on Brand Spending?
insidermonkey.com · via Marketaux · Oct 9, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026PatentPatent granted: ORAL IRRIGATOR ASSEMBLYUS 12765981
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP)third_quarter 2026
- Sep 16, 2026Trademark
- Sep 8, 2026Patent
- Aug 24, 2026Trademark
- Aug 11, 2026Trademark
- Jul 28, 2026Patent
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP)second_quarter 2026
- Jul 2, 2026Trademark
- Jul 2, 2026Trademark
- May 19, 2026Patent
- May 5, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 5, 2026Patent
- Apr 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP)first_quarter 2026
- Feb 25, 2026Risk event
- Feb 12, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 18, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP)fourth_quarter 2025
- Oct 15, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP)third_quarter 2025
- Jul 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP)second_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Jul 18, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Jul 18, 20258-KMaterial agreement terminatedItem 1.02
- May 27, 2025Form DPrivate offering notice$50.0 million offered
- May 2, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP)first_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Mar 24, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP)first_quarter 2025
- Mar 14, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 13, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Jan 31, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 15, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Free cash flow | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clorox CLX | $6.8B | $0.4B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Kimberly-Clark KMB | $16.6B | $1.8B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Colgate-Palmolive CL | $21.1B | $3.9B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Procter & Gamble PG | $87.0B | $15.2B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Darling Ingredients DAR | $6.5B | — | Jul 4, 2026 |
| Lamb Weston LW | $6.6B | $0.4B | Aug 30, 2026 |
| Primo Brands PRMB | $6.7B | $0.4B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Ingredion INGR | $7.2B | $0.4B | Jun 30, 2026 |