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title: "Church & Dwight Co. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors"
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# Church & Dwight Co. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors

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Shares of Church & Dwight Co. (CHD) slipped 1.62% to $97.41 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.87% to 7,641.16 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.32% to 52,759.21.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.

Church & Dwight Co. closed 8.14% below its 52-week high of $106.04, which the company reached on February 24th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) fell 0.98% to $142.97, Ecolab Inc. (ECL) fell 1.45% to $281.48, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) fell 1.29% to $89.70.

Trading volume (1.9 M) remained 19,566 below its 50-day average volume of 1.9 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 20, 2026.

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