Procter & Gamble Q3 sales rise 7%, beat estimates

Procter & Gamble Company

Procter & Gamble Company

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Overview

  • Consumer goods maker's fiscal Q3 net sales rose 7%, beating analyst expectations

  • Core EPS increased 3%, beating analyst expectations

  • Company maintained full-year sales and EPS guidance


Outlook

  • P&G maintains fiscal 2026 all-in sales growth guidance of 1% to 5%

  • Company expects fiscal 2026 diluted EPS growth of 1% to 6%, core EPS $6.83-$7.09

  • Company now expects fiscal 2026 EPS results toward lower end of guidance range


Result Drivers

  • VOLUME AND PRICING - Organic sales rose 3%, driven by a 2% increase from volume and 1% from higher pricing, with mix neutral for the quarter

  • CATEGORY AND REGIONAL GROWTH - Broad-based growth across product categories and regions, with Beauty segment organic sales up 7% on volume and innovation-based pricing

  • MARGIN PRESSURE - Gross margin declined by 150 bps due to unfavorable mix, reinvestments, higher tariff and commodity costs, partially offset by productivity savings and increased pricing


Company press release: ID:nBwcccdW0a


Key Details

Metric

Beat/Miss

Actual

Consensus Estimate

Q3 Sales

Beat

$21.20 bln

$20.50 bln (14 Analysts)

Q3 Adjusted EPS

Beat

$1.59

$1.56 (17 Analysts)

Q3 EPS

$1.63


Analyst Coverage

  • The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 15 "strong buy" or "buy", 11 "hold" and 1 "sell" or "strong sell"

  • The average consensus recommendation for the personal products peer group is "buy"

  • Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Procter & Gamble Co is $166.00, about 13.9% above its April 23 closing price of $145.71

  • The stock recently traded at 20 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 20 three months ago


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