NYSE:PG - Procter & Gamble Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

Procter & Gamble trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PG."

Procter & Gamble declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 20th will be given a dividend of $0.7172 per share on Wednesday, August 15th. This represents a $2.87 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.43%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 19th. View Procter & Gamble's Dividend History.

Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 31st. The company reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.04. The firm earned $16.50 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.52 billion. Procter & Gamble had a return on equity of 20.94% and a net margin of 14.59%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.85 earnings per share. View Procter & Gamble's Earnings History.

Procter & Gamble is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Procter & Gamble.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Procter & Gamble's shares. Their forecasts range from $77.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Procter & Gamble's share price to reach $84.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Procter & Gamble.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Procter & Gamble in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 12 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Procter & Gamble.

Procter & Gamble saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 23,674,503 shares, a decline of 15.5% from the June 15th total of 28,005,247 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,513,562 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Procter & Gamble's Current Options Chain.

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Media stories about PG stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Procter & Gamble earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the company an impact score of 46.08 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Procter & Gamble.

Procter & Gamble's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.59%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.00%), FMR LLC (0.71%), Morgan Stanley (0.63%), Yacktman Asset Management LP (0.61%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.57%). Company insiders that own Procter & Gamble stock include Carolyn M Tastad, Charles E Pierce, Ciserani Giovanni, David S Taylor, Deborah P Majoras, Gary A Coombe, Ioannis Skoufalos, Jeffrey K Schomburger, Jon R Moeller, Juan Fernando Posada, Kathleen B Fish, Marc S Pritchard, Mark F Biegger, Marylynn Fergusonmchugh, Mohamed Samir Abde Abdelfattah, Patrice Louvet, Price Matthew, R Alexandra Keith, Steven D Bishop, Suranjan Magesvaran and Valarie L Sheppard. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Procter & Gamble.

PG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, FMR LLC, Banque Pictet & Cie SA, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have sold Procter & Gamble company stock in the last year include Carolyn M Tastad, Ciserani Giovanni, Deborah P Majoras, Gary A Coombe, Ioannis Skoufalos, Jeffrey K Schomburger, Jon R Moeller, Juan Fernando Posada, Kathleen B Fish, Marc S Pritchard, Marylynn Fergusonmchugh, Price Matthew, R Alexandra Keith, Steven D Bishop and Valarie L Sheppard. View Insider Buying and Selling for Procter & Gamble.

PG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Phocas Financial Corp., BlackRock Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., C WorldWide Group Holding A S, Unigestion Holding SA, Troy Asset Management Ltd, Hamlin Capital Management LLC and PGGM Investments. View Insider Buying and Selling for Procter & Gamble.

Shares of PG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $83.69.

Procter & Gamble has a market capitalization of $205.29 billion and generates $66.83 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $9.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.22 on an earnings per share basis. Procter & Gamble employs 92,000 workers across the globe.

Procter & Gamble's mailing address is One Procter & Gamble Plaza, Cincinnati OH, 45202. The company can be reached via phone at 513-983-1100 or via email at [email protected]