Church & Dwight management check
CHD · Consumer Staples · Household Products · CEO Mr. Dierker
Filings as of
3 good · 4 to watch · 0 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Watch
Have owners done well?
Trailed its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $102, against $109 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Good
Does pay follow performance?
Pay rose and fell with returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of 0.79 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Watch
What does the CEO cost owners?
1.3% of net income$9.8m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $737.0m of net income.
- Watch
Do they own the stock?
Insiders are selling8 insiders sold $10.1m in the last six months and none bought.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -0.7% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 0.9% of revenue in the latest year.
- Watch
Is leadership stable?
2 CEOs in the pay tableCEOs in the pay table: Mr. Farrell, Mr. Dierker. 5 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2023.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Consumer Staples.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 42 | 31 | |
| Pay for performance | 89 | 84 | |
| CEO cost | 40 | 40 | |
| Skin in the game | — | — | 65 |
| Dilution | 58 | 60 | |
| Stable leadership | 60 | 70 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Household Products, by management score. Church & Dwight is 15th of 33 in its sector.
- 57CLColgate-Palmolive80
- 239CHDChurch & Dwight65
- 255BGBunge Global64
- 259DGDollar General64
- 302KMBKimberly-Clark61
- 308CLXClorox61
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed March 19, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mr. Dierker, Mr. Farrell | $9.8m | $4.3m | $3.0m | $102 | $109 | $737.0m |
| 2024 | Mr. Farrell | $12.3m | $19.8m | $2.5m | $158 | $146 | $585.0m |
| 2023 | Mr. Farrell | $11.2m | $24.1m | $2.5m | $141 | $126 | $756.0m |
| 2022 | Mr. Farrell | $8.4m | −$6.0m | $1.7m | $119 | $126 | $414.0m |
| 2021 | Mr. Farrell | $8.9m | $26.4m | $1.7m | $149 | $133 | $828.0m |
The board says pay is tied most to Adjusted Diluted EPS. Its other key measures: Net Sales, Gross Margin, Cash from Operations.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
8 insiders sold $10.1m in the last six months and none bought.
- SoldCarlos G. LinaresEVP Chief Tech&Global New Prod$4.1mAug 26, 2026
- SoldArthur B WinkleblackDirector$1.4mAug 5, 2026
- SoldRavichandra Krishnamurty SaligramDirector$1.3mJun 10, 2026
- SoldBrian D BuchertEVP of Strategy, M&A, and BP$997kJun 10, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Mar 14, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 31, 2025Leadership change8-K/A 5.02
- Sep 16, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 25, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jul 9, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- May 26, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Apr 28, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 6, 2023Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: May 5, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $3.0bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 91% of net income, and $236.8m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.2bn | $5.4bn | $5.9bn | $6.1bn | $6.2bn |
| Net income | $827.5m | $413.9m | $755.6m | $585.3m | $736.8m |
| Stock-based pay | $23.7m | $32.3m | $63.6m | $59.2m | $58.0m |
| Buybacks | $500.0m | $0 | $300.1m | $0 | $900.0m |
| Dividends | $247.5m | $255.0m | $266.5m | $277.0m | $287.2m |
| Diluted shares | 250m | 246m | 248m | 247m | 244m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.