A look at Procter & Gamble Co’s (PG) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) on Friday, plunged -0.05% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $165.18. Within the past 52 weeks, PG’s price has moved between $142.50 and $177.94.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 4.44%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 5.56%. With a float of $2.35 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $2.36 billion.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 108000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 51.41%, operating margin of 23.62%, and the pretax margin is 21.57%.

Procter & Gamble Co (PG) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Household & Personal Products industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Procter & Gamble Co is 0.06%, while institutional ownership is 68.77%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 24 ’24, was worth 2,163,008. In this transaction Chief Human Resources Officer of this company sold 12,800 shares at a rate of $168.99, taking the stock ownership to the 11,566 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 25 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 766 for $169.45, making the entire transaction worth $129,799.

Procter & Gamble Co (PG) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.56% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.73% during the next five years compared to 33.30% growth over the previous five years of trading.

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

Procter & Gamble Co (PG) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.55 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.63. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 24.51.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.80, a number that is poised to hit 1.89 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.43 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Procter & Gamble Co (PG)

Looking closely at Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG), its last 5-days average volume was 5.69 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 6.65 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 2.20%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.05.

During the past 100 days, Procter & Gamble Co’s (PG) raw stochastic average was set at 35.48%, which indicates a significant increase from 1.16% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 8.56% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 16.44% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $171.57, while its 200-day Moving Average is $165.06. However, in the short run, Procter & Gamble Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $165.97. Second resistance stands at $166.84. The third major resistance level sits at $167.34. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $164.61, it is likely to go to the next support level at $164.11. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $163.24.

Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 388.63 billion based on 2,355,042K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 84,039 M and income totals 14,879 M. The company made 21,737 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 3,959 M in sales during its previous quarter.