Church & Dwight (CHD) Gets a Hold from Citi

Citi analyst Filippo Falorni maintained a Hold rating on Church & Dwight today and set a price target of $100.00.

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Falorni covers the Consumer Defensive sector, focusing on stocks such as Clorox, The Estée Lauder Companies, and Newell Brands. According to TipRanks, Falorni has an average return of -0.9% and a 53.94% success rate on recommended stocks.

In addition to Citi, Church & Dwight also received a Hold from UBS’s Peter Grom in a report issued on April 7. However, yesterday, Barclays maintained a Sell rating on Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD).

Based on Church & Dwight’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $1.64 billion and a net profit of $143.5 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $1.58 billion and had a net profit of $189.2 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 99 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of CHD in relation to earlier this year. Last month, Penry Price, a Director at CHD sold 7,000.00 shares for a total of $704,060.00.