Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) is -1.13% lower 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 make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PG stock was last observed hovering at around $170.63 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.88%.
Currently trading at $165.75, the stock is -0.46% and -1.77% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 8.06 million and changing -2.86% at the moment leaves the stock -1.97% off its SMA200. PG registered 5.60% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -3.85%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $168.7376 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $169.0779.
The stock witnessed a -1.07% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 2.87%, and is -0.69% down 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 2.42% over the week and 2.59% over the month.
Procter & Gamble Co (PG) has around 108000 employees, a market worth around $388.66B and $84.35B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 26.41 and Fwd P/E is 22.76. Profit margin for the company is 18.01%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.97% and -8.14% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (19.88%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 4.26% this year.
Procter & Gamble Co (PG) Top Institutional Holders
4910.0 institutions hold shares in Procter & Gamble Co (PG), with institutional investors hold 69.89% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 2.34B, and float is at 2.34B with Short Float at 0.73%. Institutions hold 69.86% of the Float.
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 9.5871% 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 6.7513 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 103.13 million shares representing 4.3755% and valued at over $17.01 billion, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 2.1886 of the shares totaling 51.59 million with a market value of $8.49 billion.
Procter & Gamble Co (PG) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Coombe Gary A, the company’s CEO – 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).
