The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the twenty-two analysts that are presently covering the company, American Banking News.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eleven have given a hold recommendation and nine have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $86.78. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) shares after opening at $81.20 moved to $81.58 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $81.41. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 2.60 and price to cash ratio as 22.59. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) showed a positive weekly performance of 0.37%.
Investors in Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) saw new options begin trading for the June 6th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our Yield Boost formula has looked up and down the AVP options chain for the new June 6th contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. Avon Products, Inc.(NYSE:AVP) shares fell -0.74% in last trading session and ended the day on $198.80. AVP return on equity ratio is recorded as -6.20% and its return on assets is -1.00%. Avon Products, Inc.(NYSE:AVP) yearly performance is -32.76%.
Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) reported its earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 (1QFY14; ended March 31) before markets opened. The consumer products company reported revenues of $4.32 billion for the quarter, in line with consensus estimates. It managed to post 10% organic growth in emerging markets despite weaknesses, especially in China; however, revenues remained flat over the previous year as strong unit growth (6.5%) was completely masked by foreign exchange rate fluctuations. Prior to this quarter, the company had missed revenue estimates for three consecutive quarters. Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) shares moved down -0.29% in last trading session and was closed at $66.24, while trading in range of $ 65.92 – 66.94. Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) year to date (YTD) performance is 2.67%.
Unilever N.V (NYSE:UN) announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 25th, ARN reports. Investors of record on Friday, May 9th will be paid a dividend of 0.3938 per share on Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $1.58 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.77%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 7th. Unilever N.V. (ADR)(NYSE:UN) weekly performance is -1.18%. On last trading day company shares ended up $41.78. Unilever N.V. (ADR)(NYSE:UN) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 4.32%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $44.00.
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