The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) saw a downside of -0.50% to close Monday at $151.77 after subtracting -$0.77 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 5,930,080 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $155.97 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 5,726,060 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 6,233,166.
PG’s 1-month performance is -0.76% or -$1.16 on its low of $151.17 reached on 08/18/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $122.18 and high of $158.38, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 08/10/23. YTD, PG has achieved 0.14% or $0.21 and has reached a new high 6 times. However, the current price is down -4.17% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
PG stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Aug 18.Coombe Gary A (CEO – Grooming) most recently sold 8,609 shares at $151.58 per share on Aug 18. This transaction cost the insider $1,304,952. Chairman, President and CEO, Moeller Jon R, sold 19,822 shares at a price of $152.85 on Aug 17. Then, on Aug 17, CEO – Beauty Keith R. Alexandra sold 9,063 shares at a price of $152.85 per share. This transaction amounted to $1,385,244.
Valuation Metrics
PG stock has a beta of 0.41. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 4.35 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 7.80, with the price to cash flow ratio at 25.88.
The Procter & Gamble Company’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 0.40, with the current ratio over the same period at 0.60. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 0.53, while the total debt to equity was 0.75. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 47.90%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 25.42% while for the period ending June 29, The Procter & Gamble Company’s operating margin was 22.10%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $39.25 billion against revenue of $82.01 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 9.81% to $3.38 billion, while revenue of $3.4 billion was -0.38% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected PG to announce $1.21 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $1.26, representing a 4.10% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $4.87 billion. PG stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 73.76 billion, with total debt at $35.42 billion. Shareholders hold equity totaling $2.36 billion.
Let’s look briefly at The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 21 August was 34.22% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 7.24%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $152.88, reflecting a -2.58% or -$4.02 change from its current price. PG is currently trading -1.08% above its 20-day SMA, +3.70% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +3.64% and SMA200 by+12.52%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 10.73% and 13.08% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 1.94. The RSI (14) points at 42.18%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 8.32% with the period’s ATR at 1.99. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -2.33 and -3.08 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG), Truist downgraded it to a Hold rating. They previously had a Buy rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for PG stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate PG as a “sell,”, while 9 advise that investors “Hold.” 1 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 2 rates the stock as overweight while 11 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is PG’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $143.00 and a high of $179.00, with their median price target at $170.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) stock is $168.06.
