Church & Dwight Co. Inc. (CHD)☆

Church & Dwight makes consumer products including Arm & Hammer and OxiClean. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Consumer Staples sector — food, beverage and household-goods companies that tend to hold up in any economy.

Church & Dwight Co. Inc. trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CHD. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $98.07, down 1.06% on the session.

Over the past 52 weeks, CHD has traded between $81.33 and $106.04. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 32.6, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. Church & Dwight Co. Inc. also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 1.24%.

As one of the larger companies in the Consumer Staples sector, Church & Dwight Co. Inc. is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across food, beverage and household-goods companies that tend to hold up in any economy. Traders watch CHD for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.