What is Church & Dwight's R&D?

Church & Dwight (CHD) reported R&D of $31.6M in Q1 2026.

How has Church & Dwight's R&D changed year-over-year?

Church & Dwight's R&D decreased by 3.7% year-over-year, from $32.8M to $31.6M.

Costs of research activities to discover new knowledge and development activities to translate research into new or improved products, services, processes, or technologies.

Church & Dwight CHD R&D

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Segments

By segment

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Consumer Domestic$27.8M-4.8%

Consumer International$3M0.0%

Specialty Products Division$800K+33.3%

Consolidating Reclassification$0—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.5B+0.1%

Gross profit$681.4M+3.3%

Operating income$291.0M-1.5%

Net income$216.3M-1.7%

EPS (diluted)$0.91+2.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$503.4M-53.2%

Total debt$2.4B-1.1%

Total equity$4.2B-8.0%

Total assets$9.0B+0.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$174.8M-5.9%

CapEx$31.9M+93.3%

Free cash flow$142.9M-15.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$22.96B-0.1%

Enterprise value$24.83B+1.5%

P/E31.3×-12.4×

P/S3.7×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin45.1%-0.4pp

Operating margin17.3%+4.2pp

Net margin11.8%+2.3pp

FCF margin15.3%+2.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity16.8%+3.4pp

Debt / equity0.6×0.0×

Current ratio1.2×-0.7×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Church & Dwight in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense.

The official record: Church & Dwight’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Church & Dwight's R&D?: Church & Dwight (CHD) reported R&D of $31.6M in Q1 2026.
How has Church & Dwight's R&D changed year-over-year?: Church & Dwight's R&D decreased by 3.7% year-over-year, from $32.8M to $31.6M.
What does R&D mean?: Costs of research activities to discover new knowledge and development activities to translate research into new or improved products, services, processes, or technologies.