Rick Durker
President and Chief Executive Officer, Church & Dwight
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Church & Dwight Company, Inc. (CHD) Q2 2025 Earnings Call
Church & Dwight Company, Inc. (NYSE: CHD) Q2 2025 earnings conference call, held 2025-08-01. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.
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Lee McChesney
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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:04.978 among other things, the company's financial objectives and forecasts. 00:00:04.978 -- 00:00:10.445 These statements are subject to risk and uncertainties and other factors 00:00:10.445 -- 00:00:14.871 that are described in detail in the company's SEC filings. 00:00:14.871 -- 00:00:18.116 I would now like to introduce your host for today's call, Mr. 00:00:18.116 -- 00:00:22.862 Rick Durker, President and Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight. 00:00:22.862 -- 00:00:24.705 Please go ahead, sir. 00:00:24.705 -- 00:00:26.708 All right. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. 00:00:26.708 -- 00:00:30.623 Thanks for joining the call. I'll begin with a review of Q2 results. 00:00:30.623 -- 00:00:34.288 I'll speak to the touchdown closing, strategic actions, and some thoughts on the macro 00:00:34.288 -- 00:00:38.374 environment. Then I'll turn the call over to Lee McChesney, our CFO. 00:00:38.374 -- 00:00:41.278 When Lee is done, we'll open the call up for questions. 00:00:41.278 -- 00:00:46.786 First, I'll begin with Q2 results. Organic sales grew 0.1%, exceeding 00:00:46.786 -- 00:00:52.254 our outlook of minus two to flat. Adjusted gross margin was down 40 basis points, 00:00:52.254 -- 00:00:57.767 also exceeding our outlook range. Adjusted EPS was 94 cents, which was 9 cents 00:00:57.767 -- 00:01:02.297 higher than our 85-cent outlook. Lee will take you through the rest of the numbers shortly, 00:01:02.297 -- 00:01:05.263 but first some highlights from the quarter. 00:01:05.263 -- 00:01:08.831 When we gave our outlook back in May, we were seeing category consumption data that was 00:01:08.831 -- 00:01:13.622 showing a deceleration from strong growth early in the year to turning negative in early 00:01:13.622 -- 00:01:17.942 April. The ...