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The Hundred Year Dividend

By Matthew Luke - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: BMO, CHD, DD

Many dividend-seeking investors like to screen for sky-high yielding companies when looking for their next possible investment opportunity. While there is nothing inherently wrong about this strategy, high yields alone can often mean little if the company lacks the financial strength to maintain and continually increase their dividend payouts. Some of the most consistently well-performing companies have been those who value dividend appreciation. And in the world of consistent dividend more »
Prospecting for Safe Stock Gains Part 1

By Reuben Brewer - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, BEN, PTP

Prospector Opportunity Fund (POPFX) is a top ranked fund by Morningstar (five stars). Although it is a decent fund in good markets, it is the down markets in which it excels by protecting investors from the steep losses that its peers often experience. Three companies the fund's managers like for their combination of upside potential and downside protection are Platinum Underwriters (NYSE: PTP), Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN), and Church more »
Ackman's New Favorite Large Cap Stock

By Jordan Wathen - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, KO, PG, CLX

Hedge fund managers meet at the annual Sohn Conference, where they pitch their favorite ideas to raise money for pediatric cancer.

This year, Bill Ackman brought forth a simple idea, one which won't draw him criticism like his Herbalife short last December.

Ackman says Procter & Gamble is a top pick

Pretty boring, right? Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) takes the cake for being a stock for widows and orphans – a more »
The 6 Key Metrics of Church & Dwight

By Adam Levy - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, PG

Last year, Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD) CEO Jim Craigie focused on six key metrics he wanted to improve throughout the year. He called the initiative “fix the six.” After a successful 2012 saw the company’s stock climb 20%, shares have nearly added another 20%.

Most of this success can be attributed to Craigie’s initiative last year to fix the six. The company has kept it up so far more »
Fifty Shades of Green

By AnnaLisa Kraft - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: SAM, CHD, LVS, MGM

Drinking, gambling, and sex are preoccupations that can make green (money) for your portfolio and can still satisfy investors who expect a sustainably green (pro-environment) performance.

An "evergreen" business model

Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD), the maker of Arm & Hammer baking soda cleaning and personal care products, makes the naughty (in a nice way) list.

There are few cleaner and greener companies in the cleaning space since baking soda is widely more »
Building a Watch List From Household Items

By William Bias - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, PG, UL, UN

The Motley Fool Watch List (account sign-up required) can serve as a useful tool in compiling investment ideas and keeping track of relevant news pertaining to your personalized list. One of the ways you can find investment ideas is looking around at your household items and making note of who makes them to see if the companies are publicly traded. The three companies listed below own a portfolio of brand more »
Don’t Make Investing Too Complicated

By Matthew Luke - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: ABT, ABBV, BEAM, CHD, MCD

If I could send a message back in time to my younger self, I would only need to use four words, “Keep it simple, Stupid!” This is great advice for life in general, but especially good advice when investing one’s own money. How much better would my stock portfolio would look today if I had realized this when I first began investing!

Sometimes we as investors can fall into more »
3 Great Consumer Staples Stocks Flying Under The Radar

By Robert Ciura - May 7, 2013 | Tickers: CPB, CHD, HRL

Most income investors are well-aware of the benefits of dividend investing. Those quarterly checks provide stability and guaranteed returns in an era of high-frequency trading, geopolitical unrest, and volatile markets.

The consumer staples sector in particular is a haven for those who enjoy receiving solid dividend yields. However, while most investors are fully aware of the market’s biggest consumer staples giants, there are a few stocks with much smaller more »
Taking the Ten Year Buffett Challenge

By Matthew Luke - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, DEO, EBAY, DANOY.PK

With Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting almost upon us, I am reminded of this investing gem Warren Buffett once said: “Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for ten years.” That bit of advice is beautiful in its simplicity. Buffett is challenging us to think long-term with every investment decision. That is a challenge we should all accept; constructing ten more »
Scared of a Market Fall? Watch These Defensive Growth Stocks

By Lee Samaha - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: AGN, CHD, PRGO, COO, TJX

The market turbulence in April has left many if whether we are headed for another spring sell off. I have no opinion on this, per se, but what I do know is that it always makes sense for investors to try and be diversified. So if you are worried about the economy or just looking to create a balanced portfolio, the following stocks should be of interest.

Defensive growth

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The Condom War Is Heating Up

By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 28, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, FHCO, RBGLY

Alright. Get your sniggering over with. Any double entendres are entirely in your mind. That said, Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD) and Reckitt Benckiser (NASDAQOTH: RBGLY) are the big dogs in condoms with a virtual duopoly. Male condoms, that is. But a small cap, The Female Health Company (NASDAQ: FHCO) is the world leader in female condoms with a monopoly and impenetrable moat. The addressable market for condoms is frankly, mind-boggling more »
The Pod Innovation Problem

By Mark Morelli - April 11, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, KRFT, PG, CLX |

There are some reports out that suggest that the introduction of the Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG) Tide Pods last year is actually reducing overall revenue for the laundry products market.

With a precise amount of detergent in each packet, that theory is plausible. Research indicated that many consumers used more product than needed with the old measuring system, so sales naturally would decline with a smaller amount consumed.

Low more »
The Pod Innovation Problem

By Mark Morelli - April 6, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, KRFT, PG, CLX

There are some reports out that suggest that the introduction of the Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG) Tide Pods last year is actually reducing overall revenue for the laundry products market.

With a precise amount of detergent in each packet that theory is plausible. Research indicated that many consumers used more product than needed with the old measuring system so sales naturally would decline with a smaller amount consumed.

Low more »
Spring Cleaning Your Portfolio

By AnnaLisa Kraft - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, PG, CLX, UL

Fling up the sash and let the fresh air in, it's time to clean up that portfolio. While spring cleaning isn't the tradition it used to be, the consumer staples stocks associated with cleanliness are good defensives to freshen your portfolio before any "sellabration" in May.

Chief among these home cleaning stocks are Clorox (NYSE: CLX), Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), and Unilever (NYSE: UL more »)
Beat the Market: Buy High on These Companies

By Adam Levy - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: AXP, ARRS, CHD, CMCSA, GOOG

When I first started learning about investing, I heard the age-old adage “Buy Low, Sell High” everywhere. Turns out, that’s not the best advice. For one, it can make investors hold on to stocks too long in the hopes of getting back to even. Two, it scares investors away from good stocks trading near their highest prices.

In fact, research shows that buying when the market makes a new more »
4 Very Important Reasons to Save and Invest

By William Bias - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, CHD, SJM, SODA

Simply stated: People aren’t saving enough money. According to a recent article in Yahoo! Finance the average household only saved 3.9% of their income in 2012. Saving and investing have never been more crucial than in this age of disappearing guarantees.

What pension plans?

A generation ago people worked for the same company or at the very least in the same industry for most of their careers. Now more »
4 Dividend-Capable Companies for Your Portfolio

By William Bias - February 22, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, KO, SJM, UNP

When looking for income in a low-return era where your typical savings account yields less than 0.10% per year, it pays to look toward investing in high-quality businesses that provide a decent dividend yield. Keep in mind that this bears some risk of capital loss. As a benchmark, consider companies that pay out less than 60% of their reasonably assured free cash flow. The four companies outlined below sit more »
4 Companies I Hope Warren Buffett Doesn’t Buy

By William Bias - February 22, 2013 | Tickers: BRK-A, CHD, SJM, HSY, WAB |

Food condiments maker Heinz will soon be jointly purchased by Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) and private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $28 billion, robbing the public retail investor of another great company. The four companies outlined below represent great businesses that hopefully won’t get poached by Warren Buffett or other private equity firms.

With roughly $30 billion remaining on Berkshire Hathaway’s balance sheet after more »
Three Stocks You Must Buy Seeing BRC

By Shweta Dubey - February 12, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, QCOM, RHI

BRC Investment Management incorporates a combination of proprietary, quantitative, fundamentals, and behavioral valuation techniques to identify companies which are going to be beneficial for future earnings and are worth investing. According to the recent 13F filings on Dec. 31 2012, BRC Investment Management has taken twenty two new positions. Among these, I am picking up three stocks: Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD), and Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI more »)
Can This Company Hit its Objectives in 2013?

By Lee Samaha - February 11, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, CL, PG

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) reported another solid set of results recently, with organic sales growing 4%. It’s the sort of stock that investors should be looking at right now because the market has come a long way in a short space of time. As a consequence, it might be a good idea to start looking at some consumer staples in case we see a mini-correction in the main indices. With more »

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