For the quarter ended March 2025, Church & Dwight (CHD) reported revenue of $1.47 billion, down 2.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.91, compared to $0.96 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -2.88% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.51 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.89, the EPS surprise was +2.25%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Church & Dwight performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net sales- Total Consumer Net Sales: $1.39 billion versus $1.43 billion estimated by eight analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2% change.
- Net sales- Consumer- Consumer Domestic: $1.13 billion compared to the $1.17 billion average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of -3% year over year.
- Net sales- Consumer- Consumer International: $261.90 million versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $260.24 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.7%.
- Net sales- Specialty Products Division: $75.40 million versus the eight-analyst average estimate of $80.55 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -9.3%.
- Net sales- Consumer- Consumer Domestic - Household Products: $614.90 million versus $642.78 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.8% change.
- Net sales- Consumer- Consumer Domestic - Personal Care Products: $514.90 million compared to the $528.28 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of -2.2% year over year.
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Shares of Church & Dwight have returned -8.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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