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How good a business is CHD?
Church & Dwight earns 14% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
14%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 5.4 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 17%
Operating margin · Household & Personal Products median 15% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Share count, year on year
- −4.0%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
- R&D as % of revenue
- 2.3%
R&D as % of revenue
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 21% |
| FY2021 | 21% |
| FY2022 | 11% |
| FY2023 | 18% |
| FY2024 | 13% |
| FY2025 | 17% |
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- Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 45%
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 17%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 12%
- R&D as % of revenue
- 2.3%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $6.21B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $733M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 14%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Household & Personal Products
Ranks #7 of 13 by Smart Score