---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-119799"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHD"
cik: "0000313927"
company_name: "CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:06:32.955274+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Church & Dwight Q3 adj. EPS $0.79 beats outlook; vitamin impairment drives reported loss

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $1,510.6M (+3.8%); organic sales +4.3% led by volume (+3.1%).
- Adjusted EPS $0.79 vs. outlook of $0.67; reported loss per share -$0.31 from $357M vitamin impairment charge.
- Domestic organic +3.3%, International +8.1%, SPD +7.5%; marketing spend +80bps to 12.3% of sales.
- Full-year adj. EPS growth reaffirmed at +8%; gross margin expansion raised to +110bps; cash from ops ~$1.1B.
- Q4 outlook: organic sales +2-3%, adj. EPS $0.76 (+17% YoY); cautious on US consumer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-119799
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHD
- cik: 0000313927
- company_name: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/313927/000095017024119799/0000950170-24-119799-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000095017024119799/chd-20241101.htm

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