secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ (CHD)
CIK:        0000313927
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-051562
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Church & Dwight Q1 beats; raises full-year EPS & gross margin outlook
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- Q1 net sales $1,503M (+5.1% YoY); organic sales +5.2%, driven by volume +3.7%.
- Reported EPS $0.93 (+13.4%); Adjusted EPS $0.96, above outlook of $0.85.
- Gross margin expanded 220 bps to 45.7%; full-year margin expansion raised to +75 bps.
- Full-year adjusted EPS growth raised to 8-9% (from 7-9%); cash from ops ~$1.05B.
- Agreed to acquire Japan distributor Graphico for ~$35M, expected to close later in 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017024051562/0000950170-24-051562-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017024051562/chd-20240502.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-051562

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