With a market cap of $25.6 billion, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) operates in the household, personal care, and specialty products industries. The Ewing, New Jersey-based company is known for its ARM & HAMMER brand and a portfolio of well-known products, including Trojan, OxiClean, and Waterpik, sold globally through various retail and e-commerce channels. The company is expected to release its fiscal Q3 earnings results before the market opens on Friday, Nov. 1.
Ahead of this event, analysts project the maker of household and personal products to report a profit of $0.68 per share, reflecting a decrease of 8.1% from $0.74 per share in the year-ago quarter. However, the company holds a solid track record of consistently surpassing Wall Street's bottom-line estimates in the last four quarterly reports. In the most recent quarter, CHD surpassed the consensus estimate by 10.7%.
