secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ (CHD)
CIK:        0000313927
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-22-013435
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Church & Dwight beats Q2 EPS but cuts FY2022 guidance to flat on $135M inflation
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- Q2 EPS $0.76 vs $0.70 outlook; net sales +4.2% to $1,325.1M; organic sales +3.4%.
- Gross margin down 220bps to 41.2% on higher costs; adds $50M to expected 2022 cost inflation ($135M total).
- FY2022 EPS guidance revised to flat vs 2021 adjusted EPS; sales growth narrowed to 4-5% (prior 5-8%).
- International organic +6.5%, domestic +2.4%, Specialty Products +6.3%; currency drag ~1%.
- Cash from ops guided to ~$900M (from $920M); capex now $180M (from $200M).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017022013435/0000950170-22-013435-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017022013435/chd-20220729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-013435

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