Church & Dwight Co Swings To Q3 Profit, Stock Up

(RTTNews) - Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD), a personal care and specialty products producer and distributor, Friday reported it returned to third-quarter profit from loss compared to last year.

In the pre-market activity, shares were trading 4.40 percent or 3.60 cents higher at $85.35 on the New York Stock Exchange.

The company's net income was $182.2 million from a loss of $75.1 million the prior year quarter.

For the three-month period, earnings per share was $0.75 per share from a loss of $0.31 per share a year ago.

Analysts on average had expected the company to earn $0.89 per share. The company' net sales came in at $1.59 billion from $1.51 billion for the comparable period.

Analysts on average had expected the company to earn revenue of $1.63 billion.

Further, the company reports full-year guidance for adjusted EPS growth of approximately $3.492.