Church & Dwight is a consumer products company built around a portfolio of household and personal care brands. Its roots trace back to 1846 with ARM & HAMMER baking soda, which remains the foundation of a wide range of products including laundry detergent, cat litter, toothpaste, and carpet deodorizer. The consumer business drives roughly 95% of revenues, split between household and personal care. Key household brands include ARM & HAMMER and OXICLEAN. Key personal care brands include TROJAN condoms, WATERPIK water flossers, THERABREATH mouthwash, HERO acne patches, BATISTE dry shampoo, NAIR depilatories, and TOUCHLAND hand sanitizers — Church & Dwight holds the #1 U.S. position in most of these categories. Church & Dwight sells through mass merchandisers, supermarkets, drug stores, club stores, and e-commerce, with Walmart accounting for roughly 23% of net sales. The business model centers on recurring-purchase, low-ticket consumables where steady replenishment drives revenue. Growth is driven by volume and share gains, innovation (roughly half of organic growth comes from new products), and a consistent M&A strategy of acquiring premium personal care brands and expanding them through Church & Dwight's distribution and marketing infrastructure. A small Specialty Products segment sells sodium bicarbonate and animal nutrition products to industrial and agricultural customers, benefiting from vertical integration via trona mining in Wyoming.
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