Church & Dwight Q4 Profit Rises - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) reported fourth-quarter net income of $92.2 million or $0.65 per share, compared to $80.8 million or $0.57 per share in the comparable quarter last year.

On average, 21 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report profit per share of $0.66 for the quarter. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

Reported net sales increased to $822.60 million from $809.70 million, while 16 analysts expected revenues of $822.22 million.

Church & Dwight expects its full year 2014 earnings per share to be in the range of $2.96 to $3.07 and organic sales growth of 3% to 4% over the prior year. Analysts expect the company to report full year profit per share of $3.10.

The company expects first-quarter earnings per share of approximately $0.72. Analysts expect the company to report fourth-quarter profit per share of $0.82.

On January 29, 2014, the company's Board of Directors declared an 11% increase in the regular quarterly dividend from $0.28 to $0.31 per share. The quarterly dividend will be payable March 3, 2014 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 18, 2014.