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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 scattered
3 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
4/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
0/2
Operating margin at 24.3% — +98% above the sector median — is the clearest strength here, and the profitability sub-score of 4/4 on the F-Score confirms that the earnings quality is genuine rather than cosmetic. Revenue growth YoY of 0.3%, however, trails the sector median of 2.3% by -87%, and the current ratio of 0.70 sits -15% below the sector median of 0.83, so the balance sheet carries less short-term cushion than most peers. Valuation sits near the sector median — neither a clear discount nor a stretched premium — yet the forward PEG reads as stretched, and the market models EPS growth that the realized three-year CAGR per SEC filings does not support; consensus tends to run optimistic, and the beat rate over eight quarters has been weak. The composite of 44/100 against the sector reflects that mix: durable profitability, slow growth, and a forward picture that leans on assumptions the track record has not yet validated.
| 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 steady; 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 Q4 2026 results land on July 29, track whether revenue growth recovers toward the sector median of 2.25% — and whether that recovery comes from unit volume or pricing. PG's EPS growth is running 174% above the sector median despite negative revenue momentum, so watch whether that gap narrows or widens.
On SEC EDGAR, open PG's most recent 10-K and read the Risk Factors and Management's Discussion sections with two figures in mind: the current ratio of 0.83, which sits 15% below the sector median, and the operating margin running nearly double the median. Management's commentary on commodity costs and debt refinancing will clarify whether the liquidity gap is structural or tactical.
From the same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies yourself and line up one metric — operating margin, current ratio, or revenue growth year over year. No company in that alphabetical table is ranked; the exercise is to place PG's 0.83 current ratio and 12.2% operating margin in context against names you already follow or want to research.
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: -13%+2%+20%-15%
Over 4 years: 1.111.171.181.07
Over 4 years: +5%+2%+2%+0%
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% | +308% | 5% |
| HSY | Hershey | 5/9 | 19% | +4% | 12% |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark | 5/9 | 173% | -2% | 14% |
| KO | Coca-Cola | 7/9 | 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 | 31% | +0% | 24% |
| PM | Philip Morris | 8/9 | — | +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.