Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) surge 0.70% in a week: will this be a lucky break through?

As on Wednesday, Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) got off with the flyer as it spiked 0.37% to $157.24, before settling in for the price of $156.66 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, PG posted a 52-week range of $141.45-$163.14.

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It was noted that the giant of the Consumer Defensive sector posted annual sales growth of 4.20% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 9.96%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 9.31%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $2.36 billion, simultaneously with a float of $2.35 billion. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $369.99 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $159.33, while the 200-day Moving Average is $152.65.

Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) Ownership Facts and Figures

Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Household & Personal Products industry. Procter & Gamble Co.’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.06%, in contrast to 67.79% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Mar 04 ’24, this organization’s CEO – Beauty sold 776 shares at the rate of 158.11, making the entire transaction reach 122,693 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 4,859. Preceding that transaction, on Feb 23 ’24, Company’s CEO – Grooming sold 22,000 for 161.32, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 3,549,104. This particular insider is now the holder of 36,845 in total.

Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) Earnings and Revenue Records

If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 12/30/2023, the company posted $1.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at $1.7) by $0.14. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.37 per share during the current fiscal year.

Procter & Gamble Co.’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 9.31% and is forecasted to reach 6.96 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 8.04% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 9.96% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Procter & Gamble Co. (PG). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.44. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 1.78. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $26.33, and its Beta score is 0.43. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 4.41. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 25.07.

In the same vein, PG’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 5.97, a figure that is expected to reach 1.41 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 6.96 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of Procter & Gamble Co. (PG)

Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Procter & Gamble Co., PG], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 5.96 million was lower the volume of 6.86 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 23.16% While, its Average True Range was 1.80.

Raw Stochastic average of Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 71.41%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 30.18% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 14.31% that was lower than 15.07% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.