Church & Dwight Co., Inc. vs Emerson Electric Co. — how do they compare? Church & Dwight Co., Inc. trades at $103.35 (market cap $24.38B), while Emerson Electric Co. trades at $164.99 (market cap $91.69B). The key difference: Emerson Electric Co. is far larger — about 3.8× Church & Dwight Co., Inc.'s market cap, and Emerson Electric Co. pays the higher dividend (1.35%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CHD | EMR | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $24.38B | $91.69B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Industrials |
52-Week High | $105.26 | $164.38 |
52-Week Low | $81.60 | $123.30 |
Enterprise Value | $26.38B | $102.77B |
Dividend Yield | 1.2% | 1.35% |
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Church & Dwight is the leading producer of baking soda in the world. Beyond baking soda, the products in its portfolio have vast category reach, including laundry products, cat litter, oral care, deodorant, and nasal care, all sold under the Arm & Hammer brand. Its mix also includes Xtra, Trojan, OxiClean, First Response, Nair, L'il Critters/Vitafusion, Orajel, and WaterPik, which together with Arm & Hammer constitute more than 80% of its annual sales and profits. In early 2019, the firm announced the addition of Flawless, which manufactures electric shaving products for women. At the end of 2020, the firm acquired Zicam, a leading brand in the cough/cold-shortening category. Church & Dwight derives more than 80% of its sales from its home market in the U.S.
Read more on CHD →Emerson Electric is a multi-industrial conglomerate that operates under two business platforms: automation solutions and commercial and residential solutions. The latter is further subdivided into two operating segments: climate technologies, which sells HVAC and refrigeration products and services as well as tools and home products, which sells tools and compressors, among other products and services. Commercial and residential solutions boasts several household brands, including Copeland and RIDGID. Automation solutions is most known for its process manufacturing solutions, which consists of measurement instrumentation, as well as valves and actuators, among other products and services. Roughly half of the firm's geographic sales take place in the United States.
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