---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-052813"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHD"
cik: "0000313927"
company_name: "CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T16:21:19.918883+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Church & Dwight Q3 adj EPS $0.80 beats $0.70 outlook; announces $1B buyback, pricing on 80% of portfolio

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $1,311.4M (+5.7% YoY); organic sales +3.7% vs 1.5% outlook; adjusted EPS $0.80 vs $0.70 outlook.
- FY 2021 guidance: reported sales growth ~5.5%, organic ~4%, adjusted EPS growth +6% on top of 15% in 2020.
- Board authorized $1B stock repurchase program; prior program terminated; ~250M shares outstanding.
- Input cost inflation estimate raised to $170M (from $125M); gross margin expected to decline 170 bps (previously 75 bps).
- Pricing actions cover 50% of portfolio effective July/Oct 2021, additional 30% in Q1 2022; Q4 adj EPS forecast $0.61 (+15% YoY).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-052813
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHD
- cik: 0000313927
- company_name: CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000156459021052813/0001564590-21-052813-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313927/000156459021052813/chd-8k_20211029.htm

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