NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

Church & Dwight Company

(NYSE:

CHD

) hit a new 52-week high Tuesday as it is currently trading at $47.18, above its previous 52-week high of $47 with 222,632 shares traded as of 9:50 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 764,900 shares over the past 30 days.

Church & Dwight has a market cap of $6.55 billion and is part of the

consumer goods

sector and

consumer non-durables

industry. Shares are down 1.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

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. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.7, equal to the average consumer non-durables industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Church & Dwight as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, expanding profit margins, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. You can view the full

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