Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) is 3.30% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $153.52 and a high of $180.43 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The PG stock was last observed hovering at around $175.59 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.41%.
Currently trading at $173.18, the stock is 2.08% and 3.76% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 12.09 million and changing -1.37% at the moment leaves the stock 2.62% off its SMA200. PG registered 8.96% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 1.85%.
The stock witnessed a 4.33% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.45%, and is 0.31% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.99% over the week and 1.94% over the month.
Procter & Gamble Co (PG) has around 108000 employees, a market worth around $406.08B and $84.35B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 27.59 and Fwd P/E is 23.52. Profit margin for the company is 18.01%. Distance from 52-week low is 12.81% and -4.02% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (19.88%).
with sales reaching $20.49B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 5.12% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.48% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 1.47% in year-over-year returns.
Procter & Gamble Co (PG) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 2.34B, and float is at 2.34B with Short Float at 0.84%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 225.97 million shares valued at $37.27 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.5729% of the PG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 159.13 million shares valued at $$26.24 billion to account for 6.7412 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 103.13 million shares representing 4.369% and valued at over $17.01 billion, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 2.1854 of the shares totaling 51.59 million with a market value of $8.49 billion.
Procter & Gamble Co (PG) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Procter & Gamble Co (PG) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Coombe Gary A,the company’sCEO – Grooming. SEC filings show that Coombe Gary A sold 35,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 28 ’25 at a price of $173.68 per share for a total of $6.08 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 22051.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 25 ’25, Coombe Gary A (CEO – Grooming) disposed off 18,000 shares at an average price of $171.66 for $3.09 million. The insider now directly holds 22,051 shares of Procter & Gamble Co (PG).
Procter & Gamble Co (PG): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) that is trading 3.82% up over the past 12 months. Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. (OR) that is 14.97% higher over the same period.
