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CHD (Church & Dwight Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 3.00% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Church & Dwight Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Church & Dwight Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $28,238 Mil. Church & Dwight Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $848 Mil. Church & Dwight Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 3.00%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Church & Dwight Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

CHD' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.39   Med: 4.44   Max: 6.03
Current: 3.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Church & Dwight Co was 6.03%. The lowest was 2.39%. And the median was 4.44%.

CHD's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
60.54% of 1979 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 5.61 vs CHD: 3.58

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Church & Dwight Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.08%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past five years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Church & Dwight Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Church & Dwight Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Church & Dwight Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Church & Dwight Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.42 4.00 2.78 4.30 3.15

Church & Dwight Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.98 4.19 2.94 3.15 3.00

Competitive Comparison of Church & Dwight Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Church & Dwight Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Church & Dwight Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Church & Dwight Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Church & Dwight Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.


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Church & Dwight Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Church & Dwight Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=851.3/26986.5948
=3.15 %

Church & Dwight Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $848 Mil.



Church & Dwight Co  (NYSE:CHD) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Church & Dwight Co Business Description

Address
500 Charles Ewing Boulevard, Ewing, NJ, USA, 08628
Church & Dwight is the leading global producer of baking soda. Its portfolio extends beyond its legacy category to include laundry products, cat litter, oral care, deodorant, and nasal care, all sold under the Arm & Hammer brand. Its mix also includes Batiste, OxiClean, Vitafusion, Waterpik, Hero, and TheraBreath, which together with Arm & Hammer constitute around 70% of its annual sales and profits. Even as it works to grow the reach of its products, Church & Dwight still derives around 80% of its sales from its home market in the US.
Executives
Rene Hemsey officer: E.V.P. HR 500 CHARLES EWING BLVD, EWING NJ 08628
De Maynadier Patrick D officer: EVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary
Matthew Farrell officer: Vice President Finance and CFO
Michael Read officer: EVP, International 500 CHARLES EWING BLVD, EWING NJ 08628
Ravichandra Krishnamurty Saligram director C/O NEWELL BRANDS INC., 6655 PEACHTREE DUNWOODY ROAD, ATLANTA GA 30328
Bradley C Irwin director 469 NORTH HARRISON STREET, PRINCETON NJ 08543
Rick Spann officer: E.V.P. Global Operations 500 CHARLES EWING BLVD, EWING NJ 08628
Joseph James Longo officer: VP, Controller and CAO 500 CHARLES EWING BLVD, EWING NJ 08628
Arthur B Winkleblack director
Barry A. Bruno officer: EVP, International 500 CHARLES EWING BLVD, EWING NJ 08628
Carlen Hooker officer: EVP, Chief Commercial Officer 500 CHARLES EWING BLVD, EWING NJ 08628
Richard A Dierker officer: E.V.P. Finance & C.F.O. 500 CHARLES EWING BLVD, EWING NJ 08628
Robert K Shearer director 400 NORTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO NC 27403
Penry W Price director 469 N. HARRISON STREET, PRINCETON NJ 08530
Brian D Buchert officer: EVP of Strategy, M&A, and BP 500 CHARLES EWING BLVD, EWING NJ 08628