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The Procter & Gamble Company
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Signals align: quality at a discount to the sector
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4 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
1/2
Debt/EBITDA of 1.0× sits -59% below the sector median 2.4×, a meaningful structural advantage for a consumer staples business that carries brands rather than growth bets. Operating margin runs at 22.7%, above the sector median 12.2% by +85%, and FCF yield of 4.8% edges +13% past the sector median 4.3% — the cash generation is real and consistent. The F-Score of 6/9 reflects stable but not exceptional financial health, with the efficiency sub-score the softest component. Where the picture complicates: the forward axis composite of 33/100 is weak, the forward PEG reads stretched, and the beat rate over eight quarters has been thin — consensus models a recovery that SEC filings' realized EPS CAGR of {{value:eps_cagr_3y}} does not yet confirm. P/B at 6.2× is -60% below the sector median 15.5×, which looks modest given the brand portfolio, though the current ratio of 0.68 trails the sector median 0.83 by -19%.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive | 5/9 | 1 603% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
Priced close to current earnings; analyst sentiment is weakening; has not always beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When Q1 FY2026 results land on October 22, track organic revenue growth year over year and free cash flow conversion — PG's FCF yield of 4.26% sits 13% above the sector median, so any deterioration there is worth noting. Also recheck the current ratio, which at 0.83× already runs 19% below the sector median.
Pull PG's most recent 10-K on SEC EDGAR and focus on the Liquidity section — the current ratio of 0.83× and Debt/EBITDA of 2.41× (59% below the sector median) tell different stories about financial flexibility. Management's discussion of commodity cost exposure and pricing power will clarify whether the F-Score efficiency flag of 1/2 reflects a structural issue or a temporary margin squeeze.
From the same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies and line up one metric — P/B or FCF yield are natural starting points given PG's P/B of 15.5× and FCF yield of 4.26×. The table is alphabetical with no ranking, so the comparison is yours to draw without a preset conclusion.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +2%+20%-15%+8%
Over 4 years: 1.171.181.071.00
Over 4 years: +2%+2%+0%+3%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 8 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| +1% |
| 16% |
| COST | Costco | 7/9 | 31% | +8% | 4% |
| GIS | General Mills | 5/9 | -1% | -5% | 5% |
| HSY | Hershey | 4/9 | 19% | +4% | 12% |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark | 4/9 | 173% | -2% | 14% |
| KO | Coca-Cola | 6/9 | 46% | +2% | 29% |
| KR | Kroger | 6/9 | 14% | +0% | 1% |
| MDLZ | Mondelez | 6/9 | 9% | +6% | 9% |
| MO | Altria | 6/9 | — | -3% | 43% |
| PEP | PepsiCo | 5/9 | 43% | +2% | 12% |
| PG | The Procter & Gamble Company | 6/9 | 30% | +3% | 23% |
| PM | Philip Morris | 7/9 | — | +7% | 37% |
| SYY | Sysco | 6/9 | 99% | +3% | 4% |
| TGT | Target | 6/9 | 24% | -2% | 5% |
| WMT | Walmart | 7/9 | 23% | +5% | 4% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.