Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is a consumer products company headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. Its roots go back to a baking soda and sodium bicarbonate business founded in 1846. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CHD, and it is a member of the S&P 500 index. The company manages a portfolio of household and personal care brands.

At the base of the portfolio is the Arm & Hammer brand, which is identified with sodium bicarbonate; products such as laundry detergent, cat litter, toothpaste and deodorant are sold under it. In household care there are OxiClean stain removers, and in personal care there are Trojan condoms, Batiste dry shampoo and Waterpik oral care products. The company's sales are reported in three divisions, consumer domestic, consumer international and specialty products; the specialty products division covers sodium bicarbonate products for animal nutrition and industrial use.

When following Church & Dwight stock, pricing conditions on supermarket shelves, raw material and freight costs, private-label rival products and the tendency to expand the brand portfolio through acquisitions are taken into account. On the CHD page at Lzzo.com the price is shown in US dollars, and a historical price chart and technical indicators appear on the same page.