Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD)

It seams to be growing every year.

Trojan

Solid, profitable, makes inexpensive (and consumable) household goods. As globalism increases, more and more households will need the kinds of items they produce.

The slow but steady win the race - CHD is the slow and steady.

bb maven liked it . armand hammer products and orajel.

they make trojan condoms......
they did very well through the crash.......
strong steady growth in their numbers

Consistent earnings and book value growth and a real strong stable of brands. Reminds me of a company called proctor and gamble that turned out ok ;)

Products are leaders in categories that won't be going away any time soon.

The Perfect "Buffet" Stock.

Strong earnings growth due to a large competitive advantage in a product area that will never go away. CHD has seen it's net Income grow at about 25% annually over the past decade. Their business consists almost entirely of brand leaders like "Trojan", "Arm & Hammer" & "First Response." This growth will slow some in the US, but they have only begin to go global. Further, CHD has shown a lot of success with "tack on" acquisitions in the past of medium-market consumer goods that are too small for P&G to mess with.

Shareholder Friendly Management. Management has shown that it is Shareholder friendly by judiciously expanding only when they see a good acquisition to be made instead of trying to build an empire. Further, their stock options are tied to metrics specific to each executive's actual job.

Healthy Margin of Safety. Finally, this stock appears to be undervalued almost any way you value future cash flows. Depending on what you expect the future 10 year growth rate to be (12.5% to 15% is my expectation,) this stock can easily be valued at $85 to $100.

The Pope stated today that he believes that condoms could be helpful in the fight against the HIV virus. This is a huge development for condom manufacturers like Trojan, which is owned by Church & Dwight. This news has opened up a new market of customers who truly are in desperate need for this simple technology in Africa primarily, but also in Central and South America as well. The fact that this is a financially sound company only helps its standing with me.

This is a growth dividend stock that makes steady progress in the right direction .

Sort of a sneak attack. CHD is behind so many things people buy without ever wondering who makes it just because they need it.

a long term winner. looks pricey, but the price keeps rising, look at the history to see what I mean. They have been a consistent, growing, well run firm for 165 years! Who else can say that?

Technical Data indictates UP

PE lower than industry. People will always need their products and they pay dividends. Not a stock I'd expect to triple in a few years but good to have in a portfolio.

I am totally okay with this name. GO TROJANS!!!

Putting up good numbers and solid products in tough environment.

Excellent outlook on reducing packaging - Green products, less packaging better for environment, less water more product, better economically.

This company has a lot of cash flow, a small but growing dividend, easy-to-understand and necessary products, and is priced reasonably. Their earnings are increasing rapidly for the industry, giving them a forward PEG ratio of below 1 even with their dividend. One drawback is that although their revenue is increasing, it's not increasing as quickly as earnings are, meaning that growth is likely to slow a bit if they can't grow sales more quickly over the next 5 years or so.

Even if it only performs averagely, it's great for a portfolio because this is the kind of company you can most likely hold for a lifetime. And at a market cap of $4 billion, there's a small but possible chance of it being acquired by a larger company eventually.

Reasonably upside, low downside. Heads I win, tales I still kind of win.