Church & Dwight Co Inc

Company facts

Industry

Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics

Headquarters

Ewing, New Jersey

Most recent report

10-Q, filed Jul 31, 2026

Incorporated

Delaware

Filings on record

1,000+ filings

On EDGAR

CIK 313927

Fiscal year ends

December

Filer status

Large accelerated filer

What to read: Jun 2026 10-Q

SECSift found 2 of 11 sections worth reading, with 3 positive, 5 notable, and 4 negative flags.

• Legal Proceedings (Item 1)

  Core financials with two acquisitions, WATERPIK risk, and cash drop.
  Notable

  • Paid $300M cash for Miss Mouth's, adding $300M trade name and $20.5M goodwill.
  • Borrowed $49.9M via commercial paper for the first time, shown as short-term borrowings.
  Negative

  • WATERPIK trade name $644.7M at 117% of fair value, down from 135%, risk of impairment if trends worsen.

• Unregistered Sales and Repurchases (Item 2)

  Multiple specific items: Miss Mouth's $300M acquisition, IEEPA tariff refund, margin walk, segment results.
  Positive

  • Gross margin up 240bps to 45.4% in Q2 2026, beating the 400bps cost headwind from tariffs and logistics.
  • Operating income grew 5.6% in Q2 2026; diluted EPS up 9% to $0.85, helped by tax rate drop from 23.8% to 20.8%.
  • Operating cash flow rose $45.1M to $461.6M in H1 2026; cash conversion cycle improved 11 days to 17 days.
  Notable

  • Ceased importing substantially all Waterpik flossers and some products from China into the U.S. due to tariffs.
  • Consumer Domestic sales nearly flat (+0.1% in Q2); Consumer International grew 7.2% on strong volume and FX.
  • Share buyback availability unchanged at $228.9M; dividend raised 4.2% to $0.3075/quarter per share.
  Negative

  • SG&A grew 10.5% in Q2, outpacing sales growth, driven by acquisition costs and investments in e-commerce and international.
  • Middle East conflict drove $56.4M in higher commodity/transport costs in Consumer Domestic alone in Q2 2026.
  • SPD segment income fell $0.5 in Q2 and $2.4 in H1 2026 due to higher manufacturing costs and SG&A.

What changed: Jun 2026 vs. Mar 2026

About 8% of CHD's Jun 2026 10-Q is new information. 19 paragraphs were added, 113 changed, and 16 removed. Below are the most important lines SECSift identified.

• Item 1 47
• Item 2 44
• Item 4 3
• Item 6 2
• Item 3 1
• Item 5 1