secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/ (CHD)
CIK:        0000313927
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-030474
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312526030474/0001193125-26-030474-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000119312526030474/chd-20260130.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-030474

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