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

On Tuesday, Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) was -0.47% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $171.14. A 52-week range for PG has been $143.13 – $180.43.

Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Defensive sector was 4.44%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 5.49%. With a float of $2.35 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $2.36 billion.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 108000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. 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

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Procter & Gamble Co stocks. The insider ownership of Procter & Gamble Co is 0.06%, while institutional ownership is 68.68%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 27 ’24, was worth 8,604,685. In this transaction CEO – Grooming of this company sold 47,847 shares at a rate of $179.84, taking the stock ownership to the 39,977 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 21 ’24, when Company’s Chief Human Resources Officer sold 12,800 for $172.73, making the entire transaction worth $2,210,972. This insider now owns 11,595 shares in total.

Procter & Gamble Co (PG) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.49% 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

You can see what Procter & Gamble Co (PG) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.55. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.78. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 25.30.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.80, a number that is poised to hit 1.88 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.43 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Procter & Gamble Co (PG)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 6.68 million, its volume of 5.04 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 11.77%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.39.

During the past 100 days, Procter & Gamble Co’s (PG) raw stochastic average was set at 54.89%, which indicates a significant increase from 3.81% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 13.83% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 17.89% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $170.62, while its 200-day Moving Average is $167.25. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $171.52 in the near term. At $172.70, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $173.45. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $169.58, it is likely to go to the next support level at $168.83. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $167.65.

Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) Key Stats

There are 2,355,042K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 401.13 billion. As of now, sales total 84,039 M while income totals 14,879 M. Its latest quarter income was 21,737 M while its last quarter net income were 3,959 M.