secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ (CHD)
CIK:        0000313927
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-22-020386
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017022020386/0000950170-22-020386-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017022020386/chd-20221028.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-020386

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