Cincinnati, Ohio-based The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) is the world’s largest consumer packaged goods company. With a market cap of $367.7 billion, P&G operates through Beauty, Grooming, Health Care, Fabric & Home Care, and Baby, Feminine & Family Care segments.
Companies worth $200 billion or more are generally described as "mega-cap stocks." P&G fits right into that category, with its market cap exceeding this threshold, reflecting its substantial size and influence in the household & personal products industry. The company’s extensive operations span over 180 countries and territories across the globe.
P&G touched its all-time high of $180.43 on Nov. 27 last year and is currently trading 13.7% below that peak. Meanwhile, the stock has plunged 7% over the past three months, notably underperforming the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s ($DOWI) 8.4% surge during the same time frame.
P&G has underperformed the Dow over the long term as well. P&G’s stock prices have declined 7.9% over the past 52 weeks and 7.2% on a YTD basis, lagging behind Dow’s 11.1% surge over the past year and 7.3% gains in 2025.
To confirm the downtrend, P&G has traded mostly below its 200-day moving average since early January and below its 50-day moving average since mid-March, with some fluctuations.
Despite reporting better-than-expected results, Procter & Gamble’s stock prices dropped 1.6% in the trading session following the release of its Q4 results on Jul. 31. The company’s net sales for the quarter inched up 1.7% year-over-year to $20.9 billion, exceeding the Street’s expectations by 1.9%. Meanwhile, the company reduced its SG&A expenses and observed lower impairment charges compared to the year-ago quarter. This led to a 15.2% year-over-year growth in net income to $3.6 billion. Further, its adjusted EPS increased 5.7% year-over-year to $1.48, surpassing the consensus estimates by 3.5%.
Meanwhile, P&G has outperformed its peer, Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s (KMB) 10.5% decline over the past 52 weeks, but underperformed KMB’s 1.8% dip in 2025.
Analysts remain optimistic about the stock’s longer-term prospects. Among the 25 analysts covering the PG stock, the consensus rating is “Moderate Buy.” As of writing, its mean price target of $172 represents a notable 10.5% upside potential.
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