Is Procter & Gamble Co (PG) a good stock to buy now?

Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) is -0.48% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $156.58 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 $167.78 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.93%.

Currently trading at $166.85, the stock is 1.95% and 1.45% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.22 million and changing -0.55% at the moment leaves the stock -0.96% off its SMA200. PG registered 2.63% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.97%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $164.4702 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $168.46906.

The stock witnessed a 3.94% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.66%, and is -0.54% 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 1.00% over the week and 1.00% over the month.

Procter & Gamble Co (PG) has around 108000 employees, a market worth around $391.19B and $83.93B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 26.50 and Fwd P/E is 23.86. Profit margin for the company is 18.12%. Distance from 52-week low is 6.56% and -7.53% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (19.87%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 2.51% this year.

Procter & Gamble Co (PG) Top Institutional Holders

4994.0 institutions hold shares in Procter & Gamble Co (PG), with institutional investors hold 70.19% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 2.34B, and float is at 2.34B with Short Float at 0.84%. Institutions hold 70.15% 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 Aguilar Moses Victor Javier,the company’sChf Rsch, Dev & Innov Officer. SEC filings show that Aguilar Moses Victor Javier sold 10,520 shares of the company’s common stock on May 05 ’25 at a price of $158.67 per share for a total of $1.67 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 25182.0 shares.

Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 29 ’25, Davis Jennifer L. (CEO – Health Care) disposed off 1,000 shares at an average price of $161.38 for $0.16 million. The insider now directly holds 51,965 shares of Procter & Gamble Co (PG).

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