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Church & Dwight Co Inc · Q4 2022 earnings
Q4 2022 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Net sales exceeded outlook, and provided 2023 outlook. A 4% dividend increase was announced.
Church & Dwight reported a 4.9% increase in net sales for Q4 2022, exceeding the company's outlook. Organic sales increased by 0.4%. Adjusted EPS was $0.62, at the high end of the company's outlook.
- Q4 net sales increased 4.9%, exceeding the Company’s outlook of 2% growth.
- Organic sales increased 0.4%, exceeding the Company’s outlook of down 1%.
- Adjusted EPS in Q4 was $0.62 per share compared to $0.64 EPS in Q4 2021.
- The Domestic business gained market share in 7 of our 14 power brands and expects to accelerate market share gains in 2023 as we materially increase our marketing spending as a percent of sales.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Church & Dwight · Revenue · Quarterly
$1.44B
Revenue by segment
Church & Dwight · $1.44B total across 4 segments · Q4 2022
- Household Products$586M+6.8%40.8%
- Personal Care$534M+8.5%37.2%
- Consumer International$231M-4.4%16.1%
- Specialty Products$83.9M-1.3%5.8%
Forward guidance
The company expects full year reported sales growth to be approximately 5-7% with organic sales growth of approximately 2-4%. Adjusted EPS expectation for 2023 is 0-4% growth.
Tailwinds
- Pricing will drive the organic sales increase with volumes relatively stable.
- We intend to sustain the current momentum in consumption by increasing marketing as a percentage of net sales to approximately 10.5%.
- Gross margin is expected to benefit from pricing, pack size changes, laundry concentration and the full year impact of the higher margin HERO business.
- Supply chain fill levels continue to show improvement and we expect a return to pre-pandemic levels in the second half of 2023 as incremental capacity comes online.
- Operating profit is expected to increase 4% to 8% reflecting the strength of the business.
Headwinds
- Uncertainty remains regarding inflation, commodities, interest rates, currency movements, China, and consumer confidence.
- We expect 1st half volumes to be lower year-over-year due to continued softness in our discretionary categories, with a return to volume growth in the 2nd half.
- The company’s incentive compensation plan is expected to return to normal levels in 2023, adding another $30 million of expense.
- Our tax rate, which is expected to increase to approximately 23% (210 basis point increase), and higher interest expense (excluding debt related to Hero) creates another 2% drag to Adjusted EPS.
- This outlook includes incremental inflation headwinds of $125 million due to higher commodity and materials costs.
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2022
+0.2%
Avg return
Earnings day
+0.6%
Avg return
5 days after
+1.4%
Avg return
30 days after
58%
40 / 69 earnings
Positive
+11.3%
Q3 2018
Best reaction
-8.8%
Q3 2019
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | +0.9% | -2.2% | -1.3% | |
| Q4 2025 | +5.7% | +9.4% | +14.0% | |
| Q3 2025 | +5.5% | +6.0% | +4.1% | |
| Q1 2025 | -7.0% | -7.3% | -1.0% | |
| Q4 2024 | -1.5% | +0.1% | +3.8% | |
| Q3 2024 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +10.2% | |
| Q2 2024 | -0.1% | +1.6% | +1.9% | |
| Q1 2024 | -0.1% | +0.6% | +0.7% | |
| Q4 2023 | -1.6% | -1.0% | -1.5% | |
| Q3 2023 | -5.5% | -3.6% | +3.7% | |
| Q2 2023 | -0.3% | +0.9% | -2.8% | |
| Q1 2023 | +5.6% | +5.5% | +2.1% | |
| Q4 2022 | +4.4% | +4.3% | +5.5% | |
| Q3 2022 | -3.1% | -5.3% | +3.1% | |
| Q2 2022 | -7.9% | -9.0% | -11.3% | |
| Q1 2022 | -6.3% | -8.2% | -13.3% | |
| Q4 2021 | +4.0% | +4.6% | +0.0% | |
| Q3 2021 | +2.8% | +4.2% | +9.4% | |
| Q2 2021 | -1.5% | -3.6% | -4.8% | |
| Q1 2021 | +1.6% | +5.9% | +1.6% | |
| Q4 2020 | -3.4% | -4.5% | -9.4% | |
| Q3 2020 | +0.2% | +0.9% | -2.2% | |
| Q2 2020 | +3.7% | +6.4% | +5.4% | |
| Q1 2020 | +4.2% | +7.4% | +9.8% | |
| Q4 2019 | +3.2% | +2.0% | -4.5% | |
| Q3 2019 | -8.8% | -10.8% | -6.9% | |
| Q2 2019 | -3.0% | -3.2% | +4.1% | |
| Q1 2019 | +1.0% | -1.0% | +1.0% | |
| Q4 2018 | -4.0% | -3.1% | +0.4% | |
| Q3 2018 | +11.3% | +14.3% | +11.5% | |
| Q2 2018 | +3.7% | +2.4% | +2.6% | |
| Q1 2018 | +3.2% | +4.1% | +3.2% | |
| Q4 2017 | +3.3% | +4.8% | +7.8% | |
| Q3 2017 | -4.9% | -5.2% | +1.4% | |
| Q2 2017 | -4.4% | -5.7% | -4.8% | |
| Q1 2017 | +4.2% | +3.2% | +7.8% | |
| Q4 2016 | +5.2% | +6.1% | +9.2% | |
| Q3 2016 | -7.3% | -3.0% | -8.1% | |
| Q2 2016 | +3.0% | +3.4% | +2.4% | |
| Q1 2016 | +3.1% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | +2.4% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | -2.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | +2.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | +1.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | +1.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | +1.6% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | +2.2% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | -0.7% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | +1.6% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | +0.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | -3.3% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | +1.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | +2.3% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | +1.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | -4.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | +0.6% | — | — | |
| Q4 2008 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2009 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | +0.0% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | -1.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | -3.5% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +0.8% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | +1.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q3 2009 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2009 | +0.4% | — | — | |
| Q4 2009 | +0.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | +0.4% | — | — |
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