PG · Consumer Defensive
What a holder would want to know before buying PG: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 10% above the lowest point of the past year and 10% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 83% of days and more expensive on 17%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 74% of days.
2% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 25%; the longest took 2.3 years to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 16% below the Dec 2024 peak.
The Procter & Gamble Company · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products · a mega-cap worth $351.26B
The Procter & Gamble Company provides branded consumer packaged goods worldwide. It operates through five segments: Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care; and Baby, Feminine & Family Care. The company offers…
revenue profit
Sales of $87.03B in 2026, with $16.05B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 18 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 2.6 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $23 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $20 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 2.89% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Jul 24.
25 analysts: 14 say buy, 11 hold, 0 sell. Their average 12-month target is $161.22 (range $143.00–$186.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 15 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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