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  • Operator

  • Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Church & Dwight First Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call.

  • Before we begin, I have been asked to remind you that on this call, the company's management may make forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, Church & Dwight's financial objectives and forecasts. Church & Dwight will be discussing the results as reported on a GAAP basis and also on a non-GAAP basis. The company believes the non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of their business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in operating their business. These non-GAAP financial measures are presented solely for informational and comparative purposes and should not be regarded as a replacement for corresponding GAAP measures. See the appendix in this morning's earnings release for a reconciliation.

  • I would now like to introduce your host for today's call, Mr. Matt Farrell, Chief Executive Officer of Church & Dwight. Please go ahead, sir.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us today. I'll provide some color on the quarter and then I'll turn the call over to Rick Dierker, our CFO. And when Rick is finished, we'll open the call up for questions.

  • So Q1 was a strong quarter for our company. There's lots of good news. Organic sales growth of 2.3% exceeded our outlook of approximately 1% to 2%, and we also exceeded our EPS outlook. Our global consumer business delivered organic sales growth of 2.6%, led by continued strong growth by our international consumer business. In the U.S., organic sales grew approximately 1%, meeting our expectations and comping a big first quarter in Q1 2016 of 5%. And 6 of our 10 power brands grew share in the quarter, so a good report card there.

  • Our international consumer business exceeded our expectations with 11.8% organic growth. International has emerged as a growth driver for us over the past few years. The investments that we have made in new leadership, regional hubs and brand focus have been paying off. Our international business grew 8% in 2015, 10% in 2016, and we expect 6% to 7% growth in 2017. In Q1, many regions contributed to the success story.

  • Turning to Specialty Products. Our Specialty Products Division saw continued improvement. The flattish organic growth was actually better than expected. The dairy economy continues to recover from the weakness that we saw in 2016, and we have easier comps going forward.

  • So now back to the U.S. Category slowed down a bit in the U.S. in Q1, particularly January and February, but we have seen signs of improvement in March and April. Innovation is always a good stimulant for category growth, and we have excellent innovation on the way. Many of our new products are hitting store shelves now, and we intend to get behind them in the coming quarters. We've leveled the playing field in unit dose laundry detergent with the launch of our own triple-chamber detergent product. In Q1, before the launch of triple-chamber, ARM & HAMMER nearly doubled the category growth rate for unit dose for the fourth consecutive quarter. The triple-chamber product is hitting shelves now, and we expect future share gains as a result.

  • In liquid detergent, which still accounts for almost 3/4 of the category, ARM & HAMMER detergent grew share for the 29th consecutive quarter. Also in laundry, we are restaging our OXICLEAN laundry detergent in Q2 with new packaging, a new formula and new advertising.

  • Turning to cat litter. Our launch of ARM & HAMMER SLIDE cat litter is off to a great start. Consumers have responded to this innovative new litter that does not stick to the litter box. This benefit addresses a major frustration for cat owners, adding much-needed convenience to the cleanup process. SLIDE has already reached a 4 share of the clumping litter segment, and we expect to gain share as we move through the year.

  • In adult gummy vitamins, VITAFUSION is launching an energy vitamin made with caffeine to address consumers' desire for mental energy and alertness.

  • Over to condoms, TROJAN has launched a new XOXO premium quality condom targeting both men and women with a soft touch, aloe-lubricated latex in a unique portable carrying case. TROJAN will be advertised for the first time on network television this year. Many of you will see our commercials in series finales this spring. In fact, we will be airing on Saturday Night Live this Saturday night, May 6.

  • Dry shampoo. Dry shampoo consumption grew 32% in Q1 and is now a $120 million category in the U.S. Our BATISTE brand launched new variants to continue to broaden the line. Our new lightly-scented Bare is getting strong reviews from women, and BATISTE is the #1 dry shampoo in the world.

  • Just a few more things. As you read in the release, we plan to put significant muscle behind these innovations in the next couple of quarters, both in-store and on the air. Remember that 6 out of our 10 power brands grew share in Q1, and we're aiming to improve on that mark in the coming quarters.

  • On the acquisition front, we continue to build the capabilities of our animal productivity business. This week, we closed the acquisition of Agro BioSciences. This is a terrific business that adds products and a lot of scientific talent to our team, and we're really excited about the Wisconsin team that's joining us. Agro BioSciences expands our ability to provide non-antibiotic solutions to promote the health and productivity of production animals, and this is in a world that will grow population from 7 billion today to 9 billion by the middle of the century. And we expect this business to grow very rapidly in the coming years.

  • Finally, we've streamlined the company a bit in Q1 with the sale of our Brazilian chemical business. We will continue to concentrate on growing our existing consumer business in Brazil.

  • Next up is Rick to give you details of our first quarter results and Q2 and full year outlook.

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Thank you, Matt, and good morning, everybody. I will start with EPS.

  • First quarter adjusted EPS was $0.52 per share compared to $0.43 in 2016, up 20.9%. The $0.52 was better than our $0.46 outlook, largely due to organic revenue and gross margin expansion as well as $0.03 from tax.

  • Adjusted EPS excludes a $0.01 per share charge related to the sale of the Brazilian Specialty Products business and includes a $0.03 per share positive impact from adopting the new stock option accounting standard. We did change our methodology here, which is consistent with the rest of our peer group.

  • Reported revenues were up 3.3% to $877 million. Organic sales were 2.3%, exceeding our Q1 outlook of approximately 1% to 2%. The organic sales beat was driven by our international consumer business.

  • Now let's review the segments. The Consumer Domestic business' organic sales increased by 0.8%, primarily due to ARM & HAMMER liquid and unit dose laundry detergent, BATISTE dry shampoo, ARM & HAMMER baking soda and ARM & HAMMER cat litter. We continue to expect the full year organic sales to be approximately 2.5% for the Consumer Domestic business.

  • International organic growth was up an impressive 11.8% driven largely by OXICLEAN, femfresh and BATISTE in the export business and ARM & HAMMER liquid laundry detergent and litter in Canada. As Matt said, investments we've made continue to drive that business forward.

  • For our Specialty Products division, organic sales were essentially flat due to lower volumes in the specialty chemical sector of the business. The animal productivity business improved in both price and volume on higher demand from the U.S. dairy industry as milk prices and dairy farm profitability improved.

  • Turning now to gross margin. Our adjusted first quarter gross margin was 45.7%, 110 basis point increase from a year ago. Q1 benefited from 2 factors primarily, productivity programs and the higher margin from acquired businesses. These were partially offset by higher raw material costs and a slight drag from price mix.

  • Moving now to marketing. Marketing as a percent of revenue was 10.3%, which was down slightly year-over-year. But remember, we are shifting some spend out of Q1 and Q4 into Q2 and Q3. Adjusted SG&A as a percentage of net sales was 12.6%, flat from the prior year.

  • And now to operating profit. The adjusted operating margin for the quarter was 22.8%, which was 170 basis points higher than the prior year. Other income and expense was $5.9 million, which was a drag and largely due to $8 million of expense from interest.

  • Next is income taxes. Our effective rate for the quarter was 30.3% on an adjusted basis.

  • And now to cash, we had a strong cash flow quarter. We generated $139.6 million of net cash for the quarter -- $30 million decrease from the same quarter a year ago, largely due to working capital and some retiree deferred comp and higher incentive comp pay outs.

  • So in conclusion, the first quarter highlights include 2.3% organic, 20.9% EPS growth, which translates into a reported EPS growth of 18.6%.

  • Now turning to the second quarter outlook. We expect Q2 organic sales growth of approximately 1% to 2%. Consumer Domestic growth looks similar to Q1, and international and SPD growth gets us to 1% to 2% as a company. We expect marketing as a percentage of revenue to be significantly higher year-over-year and gross margin to contract in Q2 as we increase support behind our new products.

  • We expect second quarter earnings per share of approximately $0.37 compared to $0.43 a year ago or a 14% decrease year-over-year. Primary drivers again are the higher marketing in support of our new products and the higher consumer promotional spend.

  • And now turning to the full year. To summarize our thinking, we are maintaining our expectations for organic sales of 3%. In February, we called approximately 60 basis points of gross margin expansion, and given incremental promotion, we're now calling 40 basis points. Our full year marketing expectation's approximately 12% of sales, consistent with 2016 and prior years.

  • Moving to SG&A, our original expectations were a 10 basis point increase. We now expect that to be about 20 basis points, largely due to the incremental amortization from our small deals. We expect operating margin expansion to be flat when adjusted for the pension and Brazilian charges. And then finally, for the income tax line, the full year rate's forecasted to be 33.5%, which includes the effect of new stock option accounting standard in our outlook.

  • On a reported basis, we now expect EPS to be $1.75 to $1.77 per share, which includes $0.01 negative impact from the Brazil charge and a $0.14 to $0.16 negative impact from the pension settlement. Excluding these items, we now expect to achieve 8.5% adjusted EPS growth of $1.92 per share.

  • And finally, turning to free cash flow. We continue to expect $600 million, net of approximately $50 million of CapEx for the full year of 2017. This represents an industry-leading 124% free cash flow conversion. And with that, we'll turn it back over to you so Matt and I can answer any questions.

  • Operator

  • (Operator Instructions) Our first question goes to the line of Steve Powers with UBS.

  • Megan Cody - Associate Director and Associate Analyst

  • This is actually Megan Cody on for Steve Powers. I was wondering, could you guys break down your international growth kind of a little bit further and talk about the sustainability of those rates?

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, so we posted an 11% organic growth in Q1. And more than -- I'd like to say 2/3 of that is non-export. Too often, we focus on the export part of the business. But I'd say 1/3 of it is export and 2/3 of it is the rest of the world. You know we've been making a lot of investments there over the past couple of years, so we think the export growth will continue for us. If your question is around the full year, so we're calling 6% to 7% for the full year. We posted almost a 12% for Q1, so we don't expect the 12% to continue throughout the year. To break it down, we mentioned in the release that Canada had a big quarter, but it does vary from quarter-to-quarter, somewhat lumpy as to which businesses or which regions might drive it. I think the best way to think about it is we do think that we're taking our number up on the full year. I think we started the year with 4% to 5% for international to grow, and now we're calling 6% to 7%.

  • Operator

  • Our next question is from Bill Chappell from SunTrust.

  • Our next question is from Kevin Grundy with Jefferies.

  • Kevin Michael Grundy - SVP and Equity Analyst

  • Matt, curious to kind of get some thoughts from you on how you're seeing the U.S. environment. You sounded pretty good, I guess, on sort of what you're seeing in March and April, and we're seeing that in the Nielsen data as well. But of course, a lot of the sort of cautionary commentary that we're hearing, I'm sure, is not lost on you guys at all. So a couple of questions with that. Just kind of how you're seeing now things with the retail environment and the state of the consumer. And then the second part of the question with respect to your outlook for the year and what seems to be baked in, using sort of back-of-the-napkin math, because you guys broke out that 110 basis point contribution from non-tracked channels, it would seem like the tracked channel growth in the quarter in terms of your shipments matched pretty well, I think, with what we're seeing in the Nielsen data, and probably to get to the 3% core sales or organic sales for the year, you're baking in some of this improvement that we're seeing. So just wanted to know if that was sort of accurate math roughly and sort of a fair characterization of your outlook.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes. Okay, so I'll give you some color around the macros, and I'll let Rick address the reconciliation from the, say, measured channels and what we'll post for organic versus what you're seeing. So as far as macros go, yes, the -- so the categories certainly in January and February were somewhat slow, picked up March and April. We started the year thinking that our full year was based on a 2% category growth rate. We didn't see that in Q1 as we were a little closer to 1.5% for the categories that we play in. We still feel good that we can get there. And we saw GDP, just like everybody else, 70 bps, so that's a bit of a head scratcher, got to wait for the jobs report on Friday.

  • But as far as the trends go, there's a lot of discounting that took place in the first quarter. We said laundry was down 50 bps, but remember, year-over-year, laundry was up 6% last year as a category, so like a huge comp for laundry. But there is a lot of discounting in the first quarter. You heard a couple of retailers cite the impact of late tax returns -- if anybody who claims they're an income credit, you can't get your refund until after Feb 15. Then of course, there's -- uncertainty always affects consumer behavior. So you have -- because we have a new administration, there's uncertainty around health care and taxes. And then somebody wrote a piece on Hispanic purchasing block, and that's down year-over-year. There's empirical data that supports it. Why? Because worries about immigration policy and deportation.

  • And then you have the shift to online. And obviously, that's -- you won't see that in measured channels, but yes, certainly, there was a slowdown for the first couple of months. I see March and April picking up. I don't think -- other than what I cited, I don't think there's a lot more that we would point to as far as to why it slowed down. But things certainly looked better in April, so we're not expecting a repeat of that for the remainder of the year.

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Yes. Then in terms of shipment to consumption, for Q1, our math says for the quarter, that we're maybe down 70 basis points. Our organic growth was 0.8%, for example, and domestically, so that's 150 basis points. And we said about 110 basis points of that 150 basis points was largely due to untracked channels. We think that trend will continue. I think it's -- you're going to see that across our space. Now for us, from an organic perspective for the full year, we called 2-point -- we had 2.3% in Q1. We're calling 1% to 2% in Q2. And then Q3 and Q4, that would require high 3%s-type of numbers. We feel good about that for a variety of reasons, but also because of even the category growth comps year-over-year. Remember, laundry grew about 4.5% a year ago in the -- 4.5% in the first half and about 2% in the second half. So we have some good tailwinds on that perspective, too.

  • Kevin Michael Grundy - SVP and Equity Analyst

  • Just one follow-up guys, if I may. Matt, any update, any commentary you can share on the M&A pipeline? Any particular areas you're seeing, valuations, et cetera, that would be helpful. And then with respect to the small tuck-in deal, the Agro BioSciences sort of additive in the specialty business. So broadly with that, Matt, so specialty is like less than 10% of mix. What role do you kind of see with specialty? Do you have any sort of percentage in mind? Or is there an aversion to how high you would take specialty as a percent of the company's mix within sort of the broader household products and personal care portfolio? Would you ever take -- should the asset present itself, would you take the business up to 15% to 20% of mix? Just curious as to how you see that.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, I would say that the Specialty Products business, and particularly animal productivity business, is a business that we'd like to get as big as it can get. And the reason for that is that it's completely on trend, a; b, we have a base in technology and science behind it. From a financial standpoint, its operating margins are close to the consumer business, and it's asset-light. So it meets all of our criteria, frankly, of a business that we would buy. It just happens to be a business that we have had for many, many years. And now because of the trend towards non-antibiotics to raise production animals, we find ourselves in the sweet spot. So we bought a business in January 2015 called VI-COR and that was a pre-biotic business, and we just picked up this fantastic business in Wisconsin, Agro BioSciences. And these guys can customize probiotics for their customers. It's just a wonderful business model. So we think the combination of those 2 businesses with our existing business is going to make us less cyclical, a; and b, able to serve more than the dairy market going forward. So we feel real good about that business.

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Yes. Meanwhile, Kevin, I mean, you should see in the release, right, we did sell the chemical business down in Brazil. So it's investing where the future is.

  • Operator

  • And our next question is from Olivia Tong with Bank of America.

  • Olivia Tong - Director

  • First question is just kind of talking about the key categories you're directing your promotional dollars to in Q2. And then also, perhaps you can give a little bit of color on what your expectations are on volume versus price mix, specifically for Q2 given the step-up in promotional spend.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes. With respect to promotional spend, we wouldn't be very specific about where that's going. We do have to narrow some gaps a bit in laundry. So laundry, we actually were down year-over-year in our spend for ARM & HAMMER and OXICLEAN as a percentage sold on deal. So that gap has widened a bit with some of our competitors. So that'd be one area we would put some money to work. So we'll selectively use some promotions and couponing in Q2 and Q3 just to narrow those gaps.

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Yes. And then from a volume price mix in Q2, we think volume's going to be up 3% to 4% and price mix will be a drag of 1% to 2%. And that's also why margin came down from -- for the full year from 60% to 40%, so that's the short answer.

  • Olivia Tong - Director

  • Great. And then back to the M&A in specialty, can you talk about the growth rate of that business to kind of warrant a 7x multiple? I mean, excuse my ignorance, but is that just the going rate for livestock probiotics at this point?

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • No, we don't always look at the trailing EBITDA or sales multiple, Olivia. But I would tell you that on a forward EBITDA multiple, we're 10x or less. And that business is going to grow really fast and that's our expectation.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, and then the combination of that business with our organization is where we're going to work real hard to make sure they hit that earnout target.

  • Olivia Tong - Director

  • Got it. And then just lastly, on OXICLEAN, the restage that you're planning. Sounds like you're doubling down again, and obviously, laundry's been a very tough category the last couple of years, whether it be per sales on products, et cetera, et cetera. So can you talk a little bit about the plans and what's changing for OXICLEAN this time around.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, well, you're going to be -- you'll see it on shelf soon, so we have a new bottle. And we got new claims, which they aren't public either right now, and new advertising. So yes, you'd say we launched it a couple of years ago, 2014, and we've kind of gone sideways for a couple of years, around a one share, and of course, Persil came in, in I guess 2015, and so that was unexpected. So now we're kind of retrenching and restaging the business, and we feel good about our prospects.

  • Operator

  • Our next question is from Bill Chappell with SunTrust.

  • William Bates Chappell - MD

  • Just on the industry trends, seeing that things are looking better in April, and we've heard that from a few others, any reason why you think that is? And do you think that -- or why you think that will continue?

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, I wouldn't say we -- it's better in comparison to January and February. I think we're still thinking the categories will be between 1.5% and 2% for the year. So we kind of looked at it as a blip and sort of a recovery. We're not euphoric. We're not saying that, "Hey, it's blue skies and cool breezes the rest of the year." But we -- it's better than it was, Bill, so I think we're kind of back to where we thought we were in February when we gave our full year outlook.

  • William Bates Chappell - MD

  • And kind of on Olivia's question on the restage of Oxi, and maybe just what you're seeing out of Henkel, in general, if you're seeing any change from the Sun Henkel, if you're expecting anything. But also with the thought that maybe Oxi's initial prospects were dimmed by the strong launch of Persil. Are you rethinking on pricing or where it should be positioned as you restage that whole product?

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • No, we haven't changed the positioning. I mean, it's just slightly under Tide and Persil from a price standpoint. As far as what we see out of the Sun Henkel combination, all we can really look at is tactics and how much was sold on deal in Q1 this year versus last year. I can comment with respect to Purex. Purex brand was pretty much the same last year versus this year. There was a significant increase in Sun sold on deal, I think 41% versus 35% last year in Q1. So you might say they got a little more promotional on the lower end. But on the top end, Persil's still doing well, continue to take some share. So -- and we have to find our niche below Tide and Persil, and we think we've found the way to do that.

  • William Bates Chappell - MD

  • And last one for me. Is there an expectation of where SLIDE can get in terms of share? I mean, are you thinking high single digits by end of the year?

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Ah, we're not going to do any grandstanding right now. We just feel real good about the launch. It's only been out there for a few weeks now. So we'll update you again in August, but we like the way consumers are reacting to it. It's a good insight.

  • Operator

  • Our next question is from Faiza Alwy with Deutsche Bank.

  • Faiza Alwy - Research Analyst

  • So I just wanted to ask first about the laundry category, just following up on Bill's question. So it seems like you're gaining a lot of share in laundry, especially if we look at the 4-week data. So is that just the new products? Or do you think you've gained more shelf space relative to Henkel and P&G? And then just if you could talk about trends outside the scanned channels in laundry for your business.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, well, laundry outside the scanned channels, I wouldn't say is much of a story for us right now. It's more on shelf. People still do buy -- that's a category that's less developed online versus bricks and mortar. Yes, as far as how we're doing, I mentioned that ARM & HAMMER liquid grew share again in the first quarter for the 29th consecutive quarter. ARM & HAMMER grew 30 bps in the first quarter. Where our issue is, is on Oxi and XTRA, so that's where we run into -- on the XTRA side, we lost 30 bps due to discounting. So that's one of the reasons why we're going to have to close some of those gaps in the next couple of quarters. We get our fair share of distribution gains, just like other folks. We have strong brands, particularly ARM & HAMMER, so some of it is distribution. But the success of ARM & HAMMER in the first quarter was not promotionally-driven. I mentioned earlier that we actually sold less on deal in Q1 2017 than 2016. And now we got the new triple chamber launching, so we feel great about that, right? So we grew -- ARM & HAMMER grew share in Q1 without it. So now we're finally showing up with that. And our unit dose share, if you combine Oxi and ARM & HAMMER, it's over a 4 share. So we've got to get our fair share back in unit dose. That's the future, so that's where we're putting our money.

  • Faiza Alwy - Research Analyst

  • Okay, great. And then just on this new acquisition, the probiotics. What is the -- I know you said the forward EBITDA multiple was around 10x. Is that -- should we think of it as a next year forward multiple? Or is it more sort of out in the future? Just if you could -- if we could think about the timing and just sort of how big the opportunity could be next year.

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Yes, next year. Next year, forward multiple around 10x. That's a good way to think about it.

  • Operator

  • Our next question is from Jason English with Goldman Sachs.

  • Jason English - VP

  • Clearly, international was a strong source of strength for you guys with that 12% growth. A couple of questions on that. Can you give us a little more context and color about exactly what it is and where that growth is coming from? And then related, your guidance of 6% to 7% implies sort of a decel to 4% to 5%, 5.5%. Is that just sort of prudent conservatism? Or is there real reason to think that the business could sort of come back down to Earth?

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, well look, first off, you've heard us say on other calls in the past that export can be a little bit lumpy. So that's a bit of it. As far as where the success is coming from, you've heard us say we got new leadership, we got -- with new regional hubs that's certainly helping the export business. But we didn't have a focus on brands, so the important brands for us in international are STERIMAR, which is a nasal hygiene; femfresh, which is feminine hygiene; and BATISTE, of course, which is dry shampoo; and then we've had success with ARM & HAMMER in Canada and Mexico. So there's a lot of effort around those brands, and that concentrated effort has been paying dividends for us. As far as the rest of the -- are we sad because the rest of the year isn't 11% for the next 3 quarters? No. No, hey, we've taken Europe from 4% to 5% to 6% to 7%, and we think that's a prudent way to think about the year.

  • Jason English - VP

  • Yes, I agree. There's nothing too disappointing on 4% to 5% if that is what is for the rest of the year. Turning to -- well, as you up that 6% to 7%, you're not upping your overall sales, so kind of what's moving a little bit lower in that algorithm?

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes. So we said 2.5% to 3% for domestic beginning of the year. So we're shaving that back down to 2.5%.

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Yes, largely because of the incremental trade and promotional activity. I think volumes are still as strong as they were, in our opinion.

  • Jason English - VP

  • Makes sense. One more question, I'll pass it on. The 110 bps of outperformance, pretty big fade from 300 bps, kind of back to normal long term. I think we've always had roughly 100 bps. What drove the fade? And is there any sort of lumpiness we should think about on that as we think through the rest of the year?

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Yes. So you're really asking about gross margin, why is it going down so much...

  • Jason English - VP

  • No, no, no. The sales out delivery. Sorry, Consumer Domestic, the 110 basis points of over-delivery versus measured channels. That was closer to 300 bps when you finished last year.

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Got you. Yes, I think part of that, when we're talking last year especially, we had some of the club channel helping that number. This is purely largely online untracked channels because we're comping any of the club benefits.

  • Operator

  • Our next question is from Joe Altobello with Raymond James.

  • Joseph Nicholas Altobello - MD and Senior Analyst

  • So first question, I wanted to go back to marketing and promo, and obviously, you guys mentioned this morning that you're kind of increasing spend in the second, third quarter out of the fourth quarter. Is that due to the timing of your innovation, or it's just right now, you're seeing a really competitive environment, given where some of your competitors are spending?

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Yes, on the marketing side, Joe, I would just tell you that kind of consistent with what we said in February, over the last few years, we had just seen an increase, really, in Q4 over -- on top of Q4, on top of Q4 increases. So we wanted to move some of that money back to where it belongs, in support of the new products. And that's what we're doing by moving it to Q2 and Q3. On a trade and couponing perspective, I'd say it's really across the board in Q2 and Q3 in sales. So hopefully, that helps.

  • Joseph Nicholas Altobello - MD and Senior Analyst

  • Okay. Is there a risk that fourth quarter doesn't come down, it actually remains at a high level?

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • There's some in Q4, too, but we're pretty laid back about it. I think as we've said before, we expect category growth to be 1.5% to 2% and we've done the marketing shift. We've put the couponing and trade in place. And so that's why we're confident about a 3% call for the year.

  • Joseph Nicholas Altobello - MD and Senior Analyst

  • Okay, okay. And then secondly on litter. You mentioned the new SLIDE product is off to a good start. Clorox mentioned yesterday they gained some share. Tidy Cats' done very well. So curious what the overall ARM & HAMMER business is doing in terms of market share.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, so you're right. We lost some share in the first quarter. But latest 4 weeks now we're up and we're up with the category. So we think the SLIDE is going to start pulling the train for us the rest of the way.

  • Operator

  • Our next question is from Andrea Teixeira with JPMorgan.

  • Andrea Faria Teixeira - MD

  • So I was hoping if you can pretty much understand how TROJAN was weaker this quarter and how -- I know you're staging a new campaign, and as you pointed out in the -- so were you just like reducing the advertisement spend so that you can stage it for the second quarter? And also, if you can touch on how you're expanding? I'm assuming these categories are under the radar, like dry shampoo and probiotics, that you're gaining market share and also gaining distribution. So if you can touch on that. And lastly, if you can contemplate bolt-ons internationally given that you have been so lucky with -- not lucky, I should say, so efficient on good growth in Mexico and Canada, so potentially being a white space for you guys.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Normally you only get 1 or 2. You got 3.

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Yes. So I'll take the TROJAN one really quick. So your question was why is TROJAN down? Well, in context to my earlier answer on marketing spend, we did -- marketing spend was down for TROJAN in Q1 because we wanted to move it into Q2 and Q3 in support of our new product. So we hope to see that trend reverse as we increase our marketing spend in our new XOXO condom launches.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes. And also with TROJAN, there is -- that's a more developed category with respect to online. So when you look at the measured channels, there is always a shift going to online purchases. Your second question was on international?

  • Andrea Faria Teixeira - MD

  • Yes, about M&A. If you would contemplate bolt-ons abroad.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Are you saying would we contemplate -- say that again?

  • Andrea Faria Teixeira - MD

  • M&A abroad. So let's say bolt-on acquisitions that you could find in countries like Mexico or Canada or other countries or even the U.K.?

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Oh, yes, sure. Well, 2011 is when we acquired the BATISTE business. And more recently, we just bought a business from J&J, which is a hemorrhoid business that's in multiple countries, primarily the U.K., South Africa, Australia, Canada. So to English-speaking countries. So yes, we did one recently, and we do want to build out our international business. So we are on the hunt for acquisitions outside the U.S., and we apply the same criteria to those as we do for our domestic acquisitions. So yes. And your last question was the advent of -- are probiotics becoming more important to vitamin?

  • Andrea Faria Teixeira - MD

  • Yes, no. I was just hoping if you can touch on how you -- obviously, you are advancing on market share on those categories. But how much of your growth probably is coming from, for example, your growth, organic growth, that you had in the first quarter is coming from these new businesses, if you will, or new distribution?

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Yes, that's -- we typically don't get into that brand level detail on organic growth. I would just say even for next year in 2018, you're going to see some of those small acquisitions play a good role in organic growth. But for now, it's all -- we'd be calling that out separately for reported growth anyway. So not really a lot to add there.

  • Operator

  • Our next question comes from the line of Jon Andersen with William Blair.

  • Jon Robert Andersen - Partner

  • Two quick ones for me. One, if you could talk broadly about e-commerce and which particular categories or brands are bigger for you in the e-commerce channel. And do you think you have your kind of fair share in e-commerce relative to kind of conventional? And kind of what you're doing there just to make sure that is the case. And then the second question is just an update on BATISTE, both in the U.K. and the U.S., and if that's continuing to -- you're continuing to see the kind of growth that you're looking for within that brand?

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, okay. As far as online goes, you may have heard us say, and maybe others, that in general, consumer products companies have 1% to 3% of their global sales online. And not too long ago, we were at 1% and then we moved to 2%. So today, we're at 3%. That's our run rate. And in the U.S., it's 4% of our net sales. So that continues to build for us. So consequently then, we have to become a lot more sophisticated in facing that market. And it's -- certainly, it's Amazon, it's Walmart.com, Target.com. It's all the big drug companies. So we have to interface with all of these folks for this new online class of trade. But I would say it's building. It's more developed in the U.S. than outside the U.S. As I said, it's 4% in the U.S., it's less internationally. But it's going to continue to build. What was your second question?

  • Jon Robert Andersen - Partner

  • Question on BATISTE.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Oh, yes, BATISTE. Yes, BATISTE has been a rocket ship for us. One of the things we've pointed out is that the U.K. market in dollars is a $60 million market and it's a country with 60 million people. And the growth of the dry shampoo market in the U.S. has just been astonishing; it grows 20% to 30% a quarter year-over-year. It's now $120 million, and of course, we have over 300 million people in the U.S. So you would think that this category has got a lot of runway ahead of it, and it's going to generate a lot of growth for the company in the future. So I hope that helps you.

  • Operator

  • Our next question is from Lauren Lieberman with Barclays.

  • Shirley Carmine Serrao - Research Analyst

  • This is actually Shirley Serrao on for Lauren Lieberman. Just wanted to talk a little bit about non-tracked channels. They're clearly emerging as a significant contributor to top line. Can you talk about what kind of investments you're making here? Is it primarily online and club? Or are you exploring new channels beyond this? Is there room to innovate or push further? Just some more color would be great.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, the non-tracked channels would be club. It would also be online, would also be beauty. So you got 3 channels there to think about when you're trying to reconcile between nonmeasured and reported numbers. And I would say we treat all channels similarly. I mean, obviously, there's some sophistication in digital marketing, which digital marketing also is going to halo your bricks and mortar marketing. So I'd say -- I wouldn't say there's anything in particular we're doing differently, treating those particular retailers than other retailers. Hope that helps you.

  • Operator

  • Our next question is from Jonathan Feeney with Consumer Edge Research.

  • Armani Khoddami - Research Associate

  • This is Armani Khoddami in for Jon Feeney. So maybe just -- maybe a quick follow-up there on the non-tracked benefit. It sounds like, Rick, you said that you guys are comping some wins in club or Costco last year. Could you elaborate maybe what those are that are now sort of in the base? And then with the majority of the non-tracked benefit now from the e-commerce and beauty, like you were just saying, I mean, this seems to be a lot of it is BATISTE. Could you talk about the opportunity on BATISTE still a lot of distribution wins? Or do you feel like now that you're in ULTA and in some of the other mass outlets, is it mostly just a penetration thing?

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Yes, sure. I'll take the first one. So just to reemphasize what I told Jason, he was asking, there was a 300 basis point difference between our kind of our tracked and untracked organic growth from a year ago, and that was really driven because we had some club wins and we had some high growth online. We've anniversaried that growth, and in Q1, it's largely solely online growth, which is still significant. I mean, we have businesses like vitamins, for example, or like condoms that you heard Matt allude to that are doubling year-over-year, right? So we just have some really strong growth online.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes, as far as BATISTE goes, yes, we continue to get distribution. We are the #1 brand. And our share continues to expand as the category grows. So we're getting new distribution, but we're getting -- what's really driving is velocity. There's just so much demand for the product, and being the #1 brand, we're winning. And we actually have the best product out there as far as efficacy goes. So it's a combination of both great marketing, good claims and the best product.

  • Operator

  • (Operator Instructions) Our next question is from Mark Astrachan with Stifel.

  • Mark S. Astrachan - Director

  • Wanted to ask, first, just housekeeping. The shelf space for the 3-chamber pod, is that coming from existing, or are you guys getting a bit of incremental shelf placement for that?

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes. Yes, we're getting some incremental space with the pod.

  • Richard A. Dierker - CFO and EVP

  • Remember, retailers are putting a lot more focus on pods over time, so that shelf space is growing.

  • Mark S. Astrachan - Director

  • Got it, okay. And then second, just on -- thoughts about creating even more specialized packaging for key product categories that you could sell or that are being sold online in an increasing way. Do you think there's a need to do it? Do you think it creates a bit of a competitive advantage in doing so, especially as I sort of think about perhaps some of your competitors being a bit slower moving in decisions like that? Do you think there's a necessity, opportunity? Just any sort of thoughts there would be helpful.

  • Matthew Thomas Farrell - CEO, President and Director

  • Yes. No, I think that's true. The online packaging is and will be different for a lot of categories going forward. So that's one thing we're looking at across all of our categories. And that's a big change. As our company, we always, as you correctly point out, is we move quickly, and focus and speed is -- those are the 2 hallmarks at Church & Dwight, and we look at change as our friend. So we like our chances to the extent that people are going to move quickly to different packaging, where appropriate, and be first.

  • All right. There are no further questions. I want to thank you all for tuning in today, and we'll talk to you again in August.

  • Operator

  • Ladies and gentlemen, this does conclude the program, and you may now disconnect. Everyone have a great day.