Church & Dwight Delivers Strong Third Quarter Results
Key Highlights
- ➤Q3 net sales $1.602 billion, up 1.0%, versus outlook for a 1% decline
- ➤Organic sales rose 5.1%, exceeding the 3% outlook, led by 4.6% volume growth
- ➤Adjusted EPS $0.92, up 13.6%, beating the $0.89 outlook
- ➤2026 organic sales outlook raised to approximately 5%, from 4% to 5%
- ➤New $1 billion share repurchase program replaces existing authorization without expiration
Expert Statements
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“Our power brands continue to perform exceptionally well despite a challenging macroeconomic environment, driving our third consecutive quarter of industry-leading organic sales growth.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“In the third quarter, our leading brands once again increased share driven by innovation, distribution wins, and our targeted marketing investments.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“The strength of our brand portfolio, combined with our targeted 2025 strategic portfolio actions, has enhanced the focus on our growth initiatives and reinforces our confidence as we enter the fourth quarter of 2026 and into 2027.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“We are raising our 2026 outlook for sales and tightening our outlook for earnings per share.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“Thank you to our Church & Dwight team members across the globe for executing well in a volatile environment and delivering strong organic growth and gross margin expansion every quarter this year.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“Innovation has always been a key driver of our organic growth and it continues to be a major driver of our results in 2026.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“We are confident that our relentless focus on innovation will continue to drive industry-leading growth, distribution gains at shelf, and market share expansion.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“Our innovations launched throughout 2026 across our power brands are performing very well.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“We continue to execute with excellence in a challenging environment.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“Our focus remains on providing consumers with high-quality, solution-oriented products at the right value.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“Our improved sales outlook reflects the strength of our operating fundamentals, which underpin our volume growth, market share gains and gross margin expansion.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“While there are growing inflationary pressures related to the Middle East conflict and transportation rates are increasing globally, the Company is confident it can continue to mitigate this cost pressure.”
Rick Dierker, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight
“Finally, as we look ahead to 2027, we continue to remain very optimistic about the Company’s performance.”
Organic Sales +5.1%: Domestic +4.4% | Int’l +7.8% | SPD +5.0%(1)
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) today announced that the Company exceeded its third quarter outlook with stronger than forecasted sales and earnings growth. Net sales increased 1.0% to $1,602 million in the third quarter, exceeding the Company’s outlook of a 1% decline and reflecting the benefits of the 2025 strategic portfolio actions. Organic sales grew 5.1%, well above the Company’s 3% outlook, with growth across all three divisions, driven primarily by volume growth of 4.6%, as well as positive price and mix of 0.5%.
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