Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Church & Dwight entered the second half of 2026 with strong underlying demand: second-quarter organic sales rose 5.8%, led by 4.3% volume growth, and management raised its full-year organic-sales, adjusted-EPS and cash-flow outlooks. The portfolio also benefited from innovation, distribution gains, e-commerce growth and the addition of MISS MOUTH'S. Offsetting those merits, second-quarter adjusted EPS declined from the prior year as higher marketing, TOUCHLAND-related amortization and SG&A absorbed sales and gross-margin gains.

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This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.
Street view · analyst 12-month targets19 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026
Low · most bearish analyst$78.00
Mean target$105.37
High · most bullish analyst$115.00
Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026
Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date
Bear CaseDownside scenario
$78.0020%

Organic growth falls below 4% as consumer demand, distribution or innovation momentum weakens. Inflation, transportation costs and acquisition-related expenses prevent at least 100 basis points of gross-margin expansion, causing adjusted-EPS growth to fall below the 6% guidance floor.

Base CaseCentral scenario
$105.3750%
Matches the consensus mean

The company delivers organic-sales growth within its 4%-5% guidance range, adjusted gross-margin expansion of 100-120 basis points and adjusted-EPS growth of 6%-8%. Volume growth and productivity offset inflation, transportation and tariff costs, while elevated marketing and acquisition-related SG&A limit near-term operating leverage.

Bull CaseUpside scenario
$115.0030%

Organic growth remains above the 4%-5% full-year range as innovation, distribution gains and e-commerce sustain volume-led share gains. Gross-margin expansion exceeds the upper end of guidance, and reinvestment in marketing and acquired brands produces stronger earnings conversion than management currently projects.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits
  • Second-quarter organic sales increased 5.8%, including 4.3% volume growth, and management raised full-year organic-sales guidance to 4%-5%.
  • Brand investment, innovation and digital capabilities remain growth supports: global e-commerce increased 22.7% and represented 25.5% of total consumer sales in the second quarter.
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Key Investment Risks
  • Second-quarter adjusted EPS was USD 0.89 versus USD 0.94 in the prior year as increased marketing and TOUCHLAND-related amortization and SG&A offset strong sales and gross-margin expansion.
  • Management expects inflation, transportation and tariff-related costs, while SG&A is expected to remain above 2025 levels because of acquisitions and investments in growth initiatives, AI, e-commerce and international operations.
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All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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