Church & Dwight reported a 4.7% increase in net sales to $1,297.2 million, with organic sales growing by 2.7%. EPS was $0.83, flat compared to prior year adjusted EPS. The company is experiencing significant inflation and expects additional cost increases in 2022.
Net sales increased by 4.7%, with domestic sales up 5.6%, international sales down 0.8%, and specialty products up 9.2%.
Organic sales grew by 2.7%, driven by positive product mix and pricing of 7.8%, offset by a volume decline of -5.1%.
EPS was $0.83, flat versus prior year adjusted EPS, exceeding the Company’s outlook of $0.75.
The company expects full year reported sales growth of approximately 5% to 8% and organic sales growth of approximately 3% to 6%.
The company expects full year 2022 reported sales growth to be approximately 5% to 8% and organic sales growth to be approximately 3% to 6%. EPS to be at 4%, the low end of our 4-8% range. For Q2, we expect reported sales growth of approximately 5 to 6%, organic sales growth of approximately 3 to 4%¹, and gross margin contraction of 200 bps. As a result we expect EPS of $0.70 per share, an 8% decrease from last year’s adjusted Q2 EPS.
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