---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-030474"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHD"
cik: "0000313927"
company_name: "CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:09:50.031801+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Church & Dwight Q4 adj. EPS $0.86 (+11.7%), beats outlook; dividend raised 4.2%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1,644.2M (+3.9%); organic sales +0.7%, missing ~1.5% outlook.
- Full-year adj. EPS $3.53 (+2.6%); net sales $6,203.2M (+1.6%); cash ops $1.215B.
- Board approved 4.2% dividend increase to $0.3075 quarterly ($1.23 annual).
- 2026 outlook: organic sales +3-4%, adj. EPS growth +5-8%; Q1 adj. EPS $0.92.
- VMS exit charge of $45.6M in Q4; sale to Piping Rock closed Dec 31, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-030474
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHD
- cik: 0000313927
- company_name: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/313927/000119312526030474/0001193125-26-030474-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312526030474/chd-20260130.htm

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