secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ (CHD)
CIK:        0000313927
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-089586
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Church & Dwight Q2 beats outlook; raises FY gross margin & cash flow guidance
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- Net sales $1,511.2M (+3.9%); organic sales +4.7% driven by 3.5% volume growth.
- Adjusted EPS $0.93 vs outlook of $0.83; reported EPS $0.99 (+11.2% YoY).
- Adjusted gross margin expanded 150bps to 45.4%; FY expansion outlook raised to +100-110bps.
- FY cash from operations outlook raised to ~$1.08B (prev. $1.05B); FY organic sales guidance tightened to ~4% (prev. 4-5%).
- Q3 2024 adjusted EPS guided to $0.67, down ~10% YoY on higher marketing investment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017024089586/0000950170-24-089586-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017024089586/chd-20240802.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-089586

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