---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-020386"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHD"
cik: "0000313927"
company_name: "CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T22:56:32.919772+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Church & Dwight Q3 EPS $0.76 beats outlook; full-year adj. EPS guided down 2-3% to $2.93-$2.97

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $1,317.3M (+0.4%), organic -0.7%; EPS $0.76 beats outlook of $0.65.
- Full-year adj. EPS guidance lowered to $2.93-$2.97 (down 2-3%); cash from ops now ~$800M (prev. $900M).
- Gross margin contracted 250 bps to 41.7% on higher raw material, manufacturing, and promo costs.
- Acquired Hero Mighty Patch brand in mid-Oct; #2 acne brand in US with strong growth.
- Discretionary brands (Waterpik, Flawless, Vitamins) created 6% headwind; ARM & HAMMER laundry detergent hit all-time share high.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-020386
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHD
- cik: 0000313927
- company_name: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017022020386/0000950170-22-020386-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017022020386/chd-20221028.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ reported the quarter ended September 30, 2022 results: revenue $1,317.3 million, EPS $0.76.
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  - Revenue: $1,317.3 million
  - EPS: $0.76
  - Result: reported results
  source text: -3% to -2%1 • Cash from operations ~$800 million EWING, NJ, October 28, 2022 – Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) today announced third quarter net sales increased 0.4% to $1,317.3 million including a 1% drag from currency, exceeding the Company’s outlook of -1%. Organic sales declined 0.7% due to a volume decline of 8.5%, partially offset by positive pricing of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017022020386/0000950170-22-020386-index.htm

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