Published on 19 Mar 2024 on Zacks via Yahoo Finance
Procter & Gamble (PG) closed the most recent trading day at $161.21, moving -0.11% from the previous trading session. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.63%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.2%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.82%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the world's largest consumer products maker had gained 2.46% over the past month. This has outpaced the Consumer Staples sector's gain of 1.73% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.76% in that time.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Procter & Gamble in its upcoming release. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $1.42, marking a 3.65% rise compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $20.53 billion, up 2.3% from the prior-year quarter.