PROCTER & GAMBLE

Procter & Gamble is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The company specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer health, and personal care and hygiene products.

This diversified product portfolio is organized into several segments including Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care; and Baby, Feminine, & Family Care.

This diversified product portfolio is organized into several segments including Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care; and Baby, Feminine, & Family Care.

The company has a history dating back to 1837, when it was first established by soapmaker James Gamble.

The company grew quickly after its inception, and from 1858 1859, sales reached $1 million. By that point, about 80 employees worked for Procter & Gamble.

During the American Civil War, the company won contracts to supply the Union Army with soap and candles. In addition to the increased profits experienced during the war, the military contracts introduced soldiers from all over the country to Procter & Gamble’s products.

The company went on to establish itself as an international corporation with its 1930 acquisition of the Thomas Hedley Co., based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. After this acquisition, Procter & Gamble had their UK Headquarters at ‘Hedley House’ in Newcastle upon Tyne, until quite recently, when they moved to The Heights, Brooklands. .

Numerous new products and brand names were introduced over time, and Procter & Gamble began branching out into new areas.

The company introduced Tide laundry detergent in 1946 and Prell shampoo in 1947.

In 1955, Procter & Gamble began selling the first toothpaste to contain fluoride, known as Crest.

Branching out once again in 1957, the company purchased Charmin paper mills and began manufacturing toilet paper and other tissue paper products. Once again focusing on laundry, Procter & Gamble began making Downy fabric softener in 1960 and Bounce fabric softener sheets in 1972.

Today, the company oversees a high-value and diversified portfolio, with many of its products dominating in key global market sectors.

Procter & Gamble has long positioned itself as a consumer giant, with its extensive and diversified portfolio allowing it to mitigate downturns in certain sectors while enjoying growth in others.

Procter & Gamble serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always, Ambi Pur, Ariel, Bounty, Charmin, and Crest, to name but a few.

The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide.

The company’s strong market position has been no truer than during the coronavirus pandemic, when changes in consumer behaviour, with most people globally being forced to shelter-in-place, have led to an excellent performance in the first quarter of 2025.

Demand for the company’s household products spiked, with more consumers staying at home and doing laundry, giving the company its biggest quarterly US sales uplift in decades.

Another marked consumer trend which has developed as a result of the pandemic, that of stockpiling, has served the company well. The controversial toilet paper panic resulted in an upswing in sales for the company’s Charmin toilet paper.

Added to this, the need for more hygienic practices as a result of measures to prevent the spread of the virus, has seen a further spike in the company’s cleaning agents and disposable products.

As such, the company has largely benefitted from the economic trends resulting from the pandemic, often enjoying growth from the same types of behaviour which has seen several other corporate giants suffer.

The company has its longstanding dominance in several consumer markets to thank for its unprecedented success in the first quarter of 2025.

In turn, the company has been able to deliver sustained value for all of its stakeholders thus far, with consumer demand showing no signs of slowing down with the renewed need for household products during several lockdowns.

Procter & Gamble trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) where investors can buy shares under the stock symbol PG

Data from the company’s 2025 financial analysis of its fiscal third quarter results shows net sales of $17.2 billion, an increase of five percent versus the prior year. Excluding the net impacts of foreign exchange, acquisitions and divestitures, organic sales increased six percent.

Diluted net earnings per share were $1.12, an eight percent increase versus the prior year. Core earnings per share increased 10% to $1.17. Currency-neutral core EPS increased 15% versus the prior year.

Operating cash flow was $4.1 billion for the quarter. Free cash flow productivity was 113%. The company returned $2.8 billion of cash to shareholders through $1.9 billion in dividend payments and $900 million of common stock repurchases in the third quarter.

Over the last 10 years, Procter & Gamble has returned over $120 billion to shareholders in cash dividends and stock repurchase. In this report, the company announced a 6% increase in the quarterly dividend, marking the 64th consecutive year the Company has increased its dividend.

As such, P&G has been paying a dividend for 130 consecutive years, since its incorporation in 1890.

As mentioned above, the strong results the company delivered this quarter were a direct reflection of the integral role its products play in meeting the daily health, hygiene and cleaning needs of consumers around the world.

Organic shipment volume increased six percent as strong consumer demand in North America and certain European markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic was partially offset by volume decreases in certain Asian markets due primarily to temporary disruption of consumer access to retail markets related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Investors should note that the company adjusted its outlook for fiscal 2025 all-in sales growth, from a range of four to five percent growth to a range of three to four percent growth versus the prior year, to reflect stronger headwinds from foreign exchange.

The revised growth estimate includes a negative two percentage point impact from foreign exchange, partially offset by a modest positive impact from acquisitions and divestitures. The company maintained its guidance for organic sales growth in the range of four to five percent.

The company expects to pay over $7.5 billion in dividends and repurchase $7 billion to $8 billion of common shares in fiscal 2025.

All in all, the company has delivered a strong performance with solid dividends and a rising share price for investors who choose to purchase shares today, securing a strong buy-in in 2025 and in the future.

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