CHDChurch & Dwight
We were founded in 1846 and incorporated in Delaware in 1925. 10-K, Item 1
- Employees
- 5,550
- Headquarters
- Ewing, NJ
- CEO
- Richard A. Dierker
- Next results
- around Jan 29, 2027
12 paragraphs in Risk Factors of the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2026 with nothing like them in the 10-K filed Feb 13, 2025. Quoted exactly. Paragraphs that were only edited are under 10-K change.
Compared with the Risk Factors in the latest 10-K of the other 31 Consumer staples companies: a paragraph with at least half its words the same at another company is called similar, and the companies are listed under it. A paragraph most of them have is marked boilerplate. No line means no other company has one like it. This counts text; it does not say how serious a risk is.
•We may be unable to successfully identify, finance, complete and integrate future strategic acquisitions, or successfully complete or realize the anticipated benefits of strategic divestitures.
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Adverse economic conditions continue to impact a portion of our businesses and potential recessionary economic conditions may impact consumer demand for certain of our products and put downward pressure on product prices, and we will continue to evaluate our business portfolio.
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•Investments in our facilities and operations, including investments in new facilities, equipment, technologies and digital transformation, may result in periods of decreased production or increased costs and such investments may not achieve the intended financial benefits.
Similar paragraph at 1 of 31 other Consumer staples companies: KDPWe incur significant costs on an ongoing basis to upgrade and maintain various facilities, equipment, or technologies, including data management, improved equipment, and artificial intelligence to upgrade our operations and increase productivity. Additionally, we have in the past, and may in the future, incur increased costs or periods of decreased production relating to upgrading facilities, equipment and technologies, transferring production among our facilities, utilizing third-party contract manufacturers, closing existing facilities, expanding existing facilities, and opening new facilities. If the cost of our investments is higher than anticipated, the investments are not sufficient to meet our business needs, we are unable to fully utilize new or upgraded facilities, or we are unable to complete our improvement and expansion projects in a timely manner or in accordance with our specifications, we may be delayed in realizing the intended benefits or our financial performance could be negatively affected.
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As of January 1, 2026, comprehensive privacy laws are in effect in 20 states, complicating our privacy compliance obligations through the introduction of increasingly disparate requirements across the various U.S. jurisdictions in which we operate. Additionally, certain other states have enacted specific health data privacy laws and other states are considering similar legislation. This imposes significant compliance costs and exposes us to substantial risks, particularly with respect to health data and other sensitive data. While Congress is considering legislation that may preempt some or all of such U.S. state privacy laws, such legislation may also provide a more expansive private right of action for privacy claims than exists under current state laws.
We are currently subject to numerous and evolving federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations that protect the privacy and security of personal information, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act ( the "CCPA") as amended, other comprehensive US state privacy laws, the California Online Privacy Protection Act, the Personal information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Moreover, our use or sharing of certain data may subject us to the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA“), and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). Private plaintiffs and class action lawyers are increasingly bringing claims alleging violations of VPPA and CIPA, and courts have made inconsistent decisions regarding such claims. Such claims could thus lead to significant statutory damages or pressure to settle.
The CCPA contains significant obligations and requirements that have resulted in a greater compliance burden with respect to our operations and data usage of California residents, which will continue to increase our costs. The CCPA covers businesses that obtain or access personal information of California consumers, grants consumers enhanced privacy rights and control over their personal information and imposes significant requirements on covered companies with respect to consumer data privacy rights. The CCPA provides consumers with the right to opt out of the sale and “sharing” of their personal information. In November 2020, California voters adopted the CPRA that amends the CCPA, including creating a new agency to implement and enforce the law and enhancing and strengthening regulatory requirements and individual protections under the CCPA. As of January 2026, 19 other states have enacted, and more are considering, similar privacy, data protection and information security laws, which may subject us to additional requirements and restrictions that could have an impact on our business, further complicating our privacy compliance obligations through the introduction of increasingly disparate requirements across the various U.S. jurisdictions in which we operate. Additionally, several states have enacted health-specific privacy laws or strengthened protections of health- and location-related data, and other states are considering similar legislation. Our website ecommerce and customer relations businesses that store, process or transmit payment cardholder data are subject to be Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance requirements as mandated by the credit card companies (Visa, Mastercard, and American Express) and the Payment Card Institute Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Moreover, the increasing use of ad-blocking technologies, browser and device privacy settings, and consumer opt-out choices may reduce advertising effectiveness and negatively impact our revenue.
In addition to state-specific data breach notification laws (which exist in all US states and territories), evolving federal cybersecurity laws may require us to provide notifications about cybersecurity incidents in limited timeframes and before investigations are complete. Our businesses’ failure to comply with these laws and regulations could expose us to breach of contract claims, substantial fines, penalties and other liabilities and expenses, costs for remediation and harm to our reputation.
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notably to information, access, rectification, erasure of the personal data and the right to object to the processing. Despite Brexit, the UK also has data protection laws equivalent to the GDPR. Uncertainty about compliance with these data protection laws remains, with the possibility that data protection authorities located in different EU Member States may interpret GDPR differently, or requirements of national laws may vary between the EU Member States, or guidance on GDPR and compliance practices may be often updated or otherwise revised. Any of these events will increase the complexity and costs of processing personal data in the European Economic Area, UK or Switzerland or concerning individuals located in these jurisdictions.
It is also important to note that many countries are following the EU in producing a broad omnibus law in relation to privacy protection and enhanced cybersecurity requirements. In Asia, privacy and cybersecurity requirements are becoming more prescriptive and may include localization, mandatory breach notification obligations, security baseline requirements and cross-border transfer constraints. As a result of the various privacy, cybersecurity, and data protection regimes that apply to our operations globally, we may need to adapt our technologies or practices, incur material compliance and operational costs, restrict certain features or data uses in some jurisdictions, implement region-specific solutions, renegotiate vendor and customer terms, and/or change our business operations.
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We rely extensively on information technology systems, some of which are managed by third-party service providers, to conduct our business. These systems include, but are not limited to, programs and processes relating to internal communications and communications
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regulations, increased enforcement activity, and changes in interpretation of laws, could increase our cost of compliance and operation, limit our ability to grow our business or otherwise harm our business.
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New in the latest 10-Q
9 paragraphs in the 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026 with nothing like them in the 10-Q filed Jul 31, 2026 (at least half the words must differ; new numbers alone do not count). Quoted exactly, grouped by the item heading above them. This is text that changed, not a judgement of how serious it is.
10-Q
As of October 28, 2026, there were 236,032,052 shares of Common Stock outstanding.
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Financial statements and notes
Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, 2026 2025 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Cash paid during the period for: Interest (net of amounts capitalized) $63.1 $61.7 Income taxes $106.0 $157.1 Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities: Property, plant and equipment expenditures included in Accounts Payable $9.7 $21.2
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During the third quarter of 2026, the Company executed open market purchases of 0.4 million shares for $37.1, inclusive of fees, of which all 0.4 million shares were purchased under the evergreen program. The shares were purchased at an average share price of $94.91 and the Company used cash on hand to fund the open market purchases. In October 2026, the Company executed open market purchases of 1.4 million shares for $130.2, inclusive of fees, of which all 1.4 million shares were purchased under the evergreen program. These shares were purchased at an average share price of $94.41 and the Company used cash on hand to fund the open market purchases.
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Company has a TSA-related receivable of $1.8 as of September 30, 2026, primarily for invoices paid on behalf of Piping Rock, net of cash collected from customers.
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Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications (5.2) (0.5) 16.6 10.9
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The Company's U.S. federal income tax return for 2024 is currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
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Our 3.15% Senior Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $425.0 mature on August 1, 2027 and are classified as current portion of long-term debt as of September 30, 2026.
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During the third quarter of 2026, we executed open market purchases of 0.4 million shares for $37.1, inclusive of fees, of which all 0.4 million shares were purchased under the evergreen program. The shares were purchased at an average share price of $94.91 and we used cash on hand to fund the open market purchases. In October 2026, we executed open market purchases of 1.4 million shares for $130.2, inclusive of fees, of which all 1.4 million shares were purchased under the evergreen program. These shares were purchased at an average share price of $94.41 and we used cash on hand to fund the open market purchases.
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Share sales and buybacks
During the third quarter of 2026, the Company executed open market purchases of 0.4 million shares for $37.1, inclusive of fees, of which all 0.4 million shares were purchased under the evergreen program. The shares were purchased at an average share price of $94.91 and the Company used cash on hand to fund the open market purchases.
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The 10-Q's risk factors against the 10-K
Item 1A of the 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026 against Item 1A of the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2026.
A 10-Q repeats only the risks that changed, so a 10-K paragraph that is missing from it is not counted as removed.
Added is a paragraph with nothing like it in the 10-K, Reworded a sentence that is in both with several words changed,
Quiet changes a sentence in both where one to four words changed and one is a hedge or a modal
(cut words struck through, new words highlighted and underlined).
Text on the page, not a score; each links to the filing at sec.gov.
What the 10-Q itself says about its risk factors:
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In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Form 10-K, which could materially affect the Company’s business, financial condition or future results.
1 paragraph in the 10-Q's Item 1A, and none of them adds, rewords or quietly edits a paragraph of the 10-K's.
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