Procter & Gamble Co (PG) concluded trading on Tuesday at a closing price of $167.65, with 3.95 million shares of worth about $662.09 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 2.29% during that period and on December 31, 2024 the price saw a gain of about 0.34%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 2.36B shares, out of which, 2.35B shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -0.27% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -6.48%. Year-to-date (YTD), PG shares are showing a performance of 14.41% which increased to 14.41% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $146.28 but also hit the highest price of $180.43 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Procter & Gamble Co shares is 6.77 million. The stock is currently trading -1.82% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -1.49% for SMA50 and it goes to 0.03% higher than SMA200.
Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) currently have 2.36B outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 68.68% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $396.15B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.45. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 28.92, while it has posted earnings per share of $5.80 in the same period. Its PEG reads 4.30 and has Quick Ratio of 0.55 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for PG, volatility over the week remained 1.10% while standing at 1.34% over the month.
Analysts are in expectations that Procter & Gamble Co (PG) stock would likely to be making an EPS of 1.88 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is 1.6 and it is 7.41 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target 1.82 which is 1.93 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of 1.84 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 5.40% while it is estimated to increase by 6.88% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 6.73% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 33.30% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by DA Davidson on November 25, 2024 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $160 and $209 to it. Coverage by DA Davidson stated Procter & Gamble Co (PG) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on October 10, 2024, suggesting a price target of $159 for the stock. On September 30, 2024, Barclays Downgrade their recommendations, while on September 24, 2024, Piper Sandler Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $174. Stock get a Buy rating from DZ Bank on August 29, 2024.
