secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ (CHD)
CIK:        0000313927
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-058507
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Church & Dwight Q3 net sales +10.5% to $1.46B, adj. EPS $0.74 vs outlook $0.66; raises FY sales growth to 9%
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- Q3 net sales $1,455.9M (+10.5% YoY), organic sales +4.8% (volume +2.7%, price/mix +2.1%).
- Gross margin expanded 270 bps to 44.4%; Adjusted EPS $0.74 exceeded outlook of $0.66.
- Full-year reported sales guidance raised to ~9% (from 8%); gross margin expansion raised to +210 bps.
- Q4 outlook: reported sales +5%, organic +4%, Adjusted EPS $0.63 (+2% YoY); marketing spend to increase.
- Operating cash flow for FY expected ~$1.0B (+13% YoY); debt $2.4B, cash $573M at quarter end.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017023058507/0000950170-23-058507-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017023058507/chd-20231103.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-058507

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