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Profile - Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Sep  1Dividend payment of $0.075
Aug 21Price hit new 52-week high ($27.78)
July 27Conference call: Church & Dwight Earnings (Q2 2001)
Location
469 North Harrison Street
Princeton, NJ 08543
Phone: (609) 683-5900
Fax: (609) 683-5092
Employees (last reported count): 1,439
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Competitors:
 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Personal & Household Products
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Index Membership
 ·S&P 400 MidCap
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 9%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 20 insider sells; 117.0K shares
  (3.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 60% (66% of float)
(280 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 1.47M shares (+5.93%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is a producer of sodium bicarbonate, popularly known as baking soda, a versatile chemical that performs a broad range of functions, such as cleaning, deodorizing, leavening and buffering. The Company specializes in sodium bicarbonate and sodium bicarbonate-based products, along with other products that use the same raw materials or technology, or are sold into the same markets. The Company sells its products, primarily under the Arm & Hammer trademark, to consumers through supermarkets, drug stores and mass merchandisers and to industrial customers and distributors. Arm & Hammer is the registered trademark for a line of consumer products, including Arm & Hammer Baking Soda, Arm & Hammer Dental Care Dentifrices and Arm & Hammer Dental Care Gum, among others.
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Financial Summary
Church and Dwight Co. manufactures and sells sodium bicarbonate-based products which the Company sells under the ``ARM and HAMMER'' trademark. For the six months ended 6/29/01, net sales rose 30% to $513.6 million. Net income rose 6% to $25.6 million. Revenues benefited from increased consumer product sales due to the addition of USAD acquired brands. Net income was partially offset by a lower margin sales mix and plant and warehouse shutdown expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Robert Davies, III, 65
Chairman, CEO
$781K--  
Zvi Eiref, 62
CFO, VP-Fin.
416K--  
Mark Conish, 48
VP-Operations
303K$43K
Gary Halker, 50
VP, Controller, CIO
--  --  
Mark Bilawsky, 53
VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:CHDAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 18-Sep-2000
$15.625
Recent Price$27.24 
52-Week High
on 21-Aug-2001
$27.78 
Beta0.55 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)79.1K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)65.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+49.8%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+100.9%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$1.06B
Shares Outstanding39.0M
Float35.5M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.30 
Dividend Yield1.10%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 2-Sep-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$6.82 
Earnings (ttm)$0.87 
Earnings (mrq)$0.33 
Sales (ttm)$22.92 
Cash (mrq*)$0.47 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)3.99 
Price/Earnings (ttm)31.42 
Price/Sales (ttm)1.19 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$913.0M
EBITDA (ttm*)$81.9M
Income available to common (ttm)$35.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)4.3%
Operating Margin (ttm)6.3%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
29-June-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)7.70%
Return on Equity (ttm)14.54%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.65 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.57 
Total Cash (mrq)$18.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short207.0K
Percent of Float0.6%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
252.0K
Short Ratio3.04 
Daily Volume68.0K
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