Church & Dwight Company Inc. (CHD): Today's Featured Consumer Non-Durables Winner

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Church & Dwight Company (CHD) pushed the Consumer Non-Durables industry higher today making it today's featured consumer non-durables winner. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Church & Dwight Company rose $2.71 (5.1%) to $55.75 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 2.5 million shares of Church & Dwight Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 846,900 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $54.10-$56.46 after having opened the day at $54.16 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $53.04. Other companies within the Consumer Non-Durables industry that increased today were: Cereplast (CERP), up 11.1%, Skechers USA (SKX), up 9.8%, Tandy Brands Accessories (TBAC), up 8.5%, and MOD-PAC Corporation (MPAC), up 5.4%.

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Church & Dwight Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of household, personal care, and specialty products under various brand names in the United States and internationally. Church & Dwight Company has a market cap of $7.41 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 24.1, equal to the average consumer non-durables industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 15.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Church & Dwight Company a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Church & Dwight Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, notable return on equity and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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On the negative front, Frederick's of Hollywood Group (FOH), down 11.4%, Exceed Company (EDS), down 9%, China Shengda Packaging Group (CPGI), down 8.3%, and Fuwei Films Company (FFHL), down 7.1%, were all laggards within the consumer non-durables industry with Ball Corporation (BLL) being today's consumer non-durables industry laggard.

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