Procter & Gamble stock jumps after earnings beat and guidance hold

2026-10-22

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The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) is up 5.5% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: The move appears tied to a strong fiscal first-quarter report that came in ahead of expectations and showed broad underlying sales growth. Investors also seem to be responding positively to P&G maintaining its full-year organic sales and earnings outlook while lifting its all-in sales growth range after the Thorne acquisition.

Details:

P&G reported fiscal first-quarter net sales of $23.3 billion, up 4% from a year earlier, with organic sales also up 4%.

Diluted earnings per share rose to $1.97, while core earnings per share reached $2.00, reflecting modest profit growth despite higher operating costs.

P&G raised its fiscal 2027 all-in sales growth outlook to 2% to 4% because of the Thorne deal, but kept its organic sales growth target at 1% to 3% and kept its core EPS growth range in place.

Management described the quarter as a solid start and said the company remains on track for its full-year goals even with ongoing geopolitical and economic pressure.

Sources:

Procter & Gamble Investor Relations, Associated Press

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$PG Insider Trading Activity

$PG insiders have traded $PG stock on the open market 17 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 17 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $PG stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

SUSAN STREET WHALEY (Chief Legal Officer & Secy) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 13,251 shares for an estimated $1,910,848.
ANDRE SCHULTEN (Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 9,316 shares for an estimated $1,345,614.
SHAILESH JEJURIKAR (Chairman, President and CEO) sold 6,176 shares for an estimated $888,047
PAUL GAMA (CEO- Health Care) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 5,621 shares for an estimated $811,692.
MARC S. PRITCHARD (Chief Brand Officer) sold 4,030 shares for an estimated $579,473
SUNDAR G. RAMAN (CEO-Fabric Home & Habitat Care) sold 3,435 shares for an estimated $491,273
MOSES VICTOR JAVIER AGUILAR (Chf Rsch, Dev & Innov Officer) sold 3,053 shares for an estimated $438,990
DE AZEVEDO JULIANA MONTEIRO SANTOS (CEO - Grooming) sold 2,368 shares for an estimated $340,494
BALAJI PURUSHOTHAMAN (Chief Human Resources Officer) sold 2,019 shares for an estimated $290,312
EL HAK HESHAM ABD (CEO-Baby and Feminine Care) sold 1,936 shares for an estimated $278,377
MATTHEW W. JANZARUK (SVP - Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 515 shares for an estimated $74,572.
FREDDY P. BHARUCHA (CEO - Beauty) sold 246 shares for an estimated $35,372

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$PG Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 1,787 institutional investors add shares of $PG stock to their portfolio, and 1,866 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. added 47,243,680 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $6,927,813,235
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 23,668,565 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $3,470,758,371
CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS added 7,981,186 shares (+107.3%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $1,170,361,115
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC added 5,883,537 shares (+14.2%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $862,761,865
SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC added 5,157,503 shares (+573.6%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $756,296,239
D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. removed 3,612,552 shares (-82.7%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $529,744,625
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 3,186,072 shares (-9.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $467,205,598

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$PG Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $PG stock 11 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 6 have been purchases and 5 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $PG stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

REPRESENTATIVE DAVID TAYLOR has traded it 5 times. They made 4 purchases worth up to $60,000 on 09/08, 08/11, 04/27 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 10/12.
REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN HERN has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $115,000 on 08/24, 08/05.
REPRESENTATIVE LLOYD DOGGETT has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 08/17, 05/15 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD MCCORMICK sold up to $15,000 on 07/30.
SENATOR TOMMY TUBERVILLE sold up to $50,000 on 06/08.

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$PG Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $PG recently. We have seen 5 analysts offer price targets for $PG in the last 6 months, with a median target of $162.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Cristian Rios from Bernstein set a target price of $156.0 on 06/11/2026
Robert Ottenstein from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $162.0 on 04/27/2026
Chris Carey from Wells Fargo set a target price of $164.0 on 04/27/2026
Robert Moskow from TD Cowen set a target price of $150.0 on 04/27/2026
Peter Grom from UBS set a target price of $172.0 on 04/27/2026

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