The Procter & Gamble Company ($PG) Confident Investor Rating: Poor

Company name The Procter & Gamble Company
Stock ticker PG
Live stock price [stckqut]PG[/stckqut]
P/E compared to competitors Good

MANAGEMENT EXECUTION

Employee productivity Good
Sales growth Poor
EPS growth Poor
P/E growth Fair
EBIT growth Poor

ANALYSIS

Confident Investor Rating Poor
Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) $57.89
Target stock price (averages with growth) $68.68
Target stock price (averages with no growth) $63.55
Target stock price (manual assumptions) $88.95

The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=pg

The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), is focused on providing consumer packaged goods. The Company’s products are sold in more than 180 countries primarily through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores and high-frequency stores. As of June 30, 2012, P&G was organized into two Global Business Units (GBUs): Beauty and Grooming and Household Care. The GBUs contain a total of five segments: Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric Care and Home Care and Baby Care and Family Care. Sales to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the affiliates represent approximately 14% of the total revenue during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 (fiscal 2012). On December 30, 2011, Helen of Troy Ltd. acquired PUR water purification products business (PUR) from the Company. Effective June 1, 2012, P&G announced that it has completed the sale of the Pringles business to Kellogg Company.

 

Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I do not think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in this stock.

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