---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-039328"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHD"
cik: "0000313927"
company_name: "CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T00:32:42.379578+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Church & Dwight Q2 net sales +6.4% to $1.27B; adj. EPS $0.76 beats outlook; full-year outlook trimmed

## Summary
- Q2 net sales $1,271.1M (+6.4% YoY); organic sales +4.5% driven by volume, above 4% outlook.
- GAAP EPS $0.87 (+16%); adjusted EPS $0.76 (down 1.3% YoY) vs. outlook of $0.69.
- Gross margin fell 340 bps to 43.4% on higher commodity, distribution, and tariff costs.
- Full-year outlook: organic sales ~4%, adjusted EPS at lower end of 6-8% range; $125M incremental input costs.
- Additional pricing actions covering ~50% of global portfolio; Q3 adj. EPS expected $0.70, flat YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-039328
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHD
- cik: 0000313927
- company_name: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2021-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000156459021039328/0001564590-21-039328-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000156459021039328/chd-8k_20210730.htm

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