President of Church & Dwight Picks Up 162% More Stock

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD) shareholders (or potential shareholders) will be happy to see that the President, Richard Dierker, recently bought a whopping US$1.3m worth of stock, at a price of US$93.91. That purchase boosted their holding by 162%, which makes us wonder if the move was inspired by quietly confident deeply-felt optimism.

Church & Dwight Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider sale was by the Lead Independent Director, Ravichandra Saligram, for US$2.2m worth of shares, at about US$108 per share. While we don't usually like to see insider selling, it's more concerning if the sales take place at a lower price. The good news is that this large sale was at well above current price of US$94.56. So it may not shed much light on insider confidence at current levels.

Over the last year, we can see that insiders have bought 18.23k shares worth US$1.7m. But they sold 30.00k shares for US$3.2m. In total, Church & Dwight insiders sold more than they bought over the last year. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. By clicking on the graph below, you can see the precise details of each insider transaction!

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Insider Ownership

Looking at the total insider shareholdings in a company can help to inform your view of whether they are well aligned with common shareholders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. Insiders own 0.2% of Church & Dwight shares, worth about US$37m. We've certainly seen higher levels of insider ownership elsewhere, but these holdings are enough to suggest alignment between insiders and the other shareholders.

What Might The Insider Transactions At Church & Dwight Tell Us?

It is good to see recent purchasing. But we can't say the same for the transactions over the last 12 months. We don't take much heart from transactions by Church & Dwight insiders over the last year. But they own a reasonable amount of the company, and there was some buying recently. So they seem pretty well aligned, overall. So while it's helpful to know what insiders are doing in terms of buying or selling, it's also helpful to know the risks that a particular company is facing. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Church & Dwight you should know about.

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For the purposes of this article, insiders are those individuals who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body. We currently account for open market transactions and private dispositions of direct interests only, but not derivative transactions or indirect interests.

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