DJ Church & Dwight Co. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Church & Dwight Co. $(CHD)$ slid 1.50% to $101.24 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.26% to 7,748.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.04% to 53,770.27.
This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.
Church & Dwight Co. closed 4.53% below its 52-week high of $106.04, which the company achieved on February 24th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ fell 0.78% to $144.08, Ecolab Inc. $(ECL)$ fell 2.18% to $278.43, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ rose 0.01% to $92.32.
Trading volume (1.4 M) remained 557,747 below its 50-day average volume of 2.0 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 12, 2026.