Church Dwight Company Inc (NYSE:CHD)

Church and Dwight is an American company that has its headquarters located in Ewing Township, New Jersey.

The company was founded in 1846 in New York, the United States. It distributes, manufactures, and develops personal care, specialty, and household products.

The American company offers laundry and dishwashing detergents, shampoo, vitamins, contraceptive products, hair removers and pregnancy test kits.

It sells its products to all the consumers through various modes like mass merchandisers, drugstores, supermarkets, and websites. It claims to be a global leader in various countries.

The firm’s stocks are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol of ‘CHD’.

The American company provides products for different consumer brands and business-to-business.

Its offerings under the consumer brands section include fabric care, health and wellbeing, homecare and personal care.

The brands are namely Arm and Hammer, OXI Clean, Xtra, Trojan, First response, Rephresh, Replens, Vita fusion, PB8, Lil Critters, Kaboom, Feline Pine, Bastiste, Toppik, Nair, Flawless, Arrid, Viviscal, and Waterpik.

In 2019, the company acquired Flawless, a company specializing in electric hair removal products, particularly for women.

It is among 12 brands acquired by the firm under specialty hair care portfolio. The company’s portfolio includes toppik hair building fibers, viviscal hair thinning supplements and Batiste dry shampoo.

The American publicly listed company operates under three core business divisions and segments, namely Specialty Products, Consumer International and Consumer Domestic.

The American firm claims to earn around 40 per cent of total sales of consumer products.

Global New Product innovation is the firm’s functional department.

The consumer products company operates in different geographic areas, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Germany.

It focuses on responsible packaging and sourcing, low carbon, and creating a sustainable economy.

The American company also focuses on transformation, business resilience, resource efficiency, and renewable energy.