A new trading day began on Friday, with Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) stock price up 1.47% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $167.08. PG’s price has ranged from $142.50 to $177.94 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 4.44% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 5.56%. With a float of $2.35 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $2.36 billion.
In an organization with 108000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. 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 Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Household & Personal Products Industry. The insider ownership of Procter & Gamble Co is 0.06%, while institutional ownership is 68.72%. 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) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 1.84 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.61 per share during the current fiscal year.
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
Here are Procter & Gamble Co’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.55. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.83. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 25.56.
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)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 7.13 million. That was better than the volume of 6.68 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 83.87%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.39.
During the past 100 days, Procter & Gamble Co’s (PG) raw stochastic average was set at 57.79%, which indicates a significant decrease from 90.43% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.40% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 17.64% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $170.31, while its 200-day Moving Average is $165.63. However, in the short run, Procter & Gamble Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $171.11. Second resistance stands at $172.69. The third major resistance level sits at $174.80. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $167.42, it is likely to go to the next support level at $165.31. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $163.73.
Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 405.15 billion, the company has a total of 2,355,042K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 84,039 M while annual income is 14,879 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 21,737 M while its latest quarter income was 3,959 M.
