Personal Products: The Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), Avon Products (NYSE:AVP), Unilever N.V. (NYSE:UN), Unilever (NYSE:UL), Coty (NYSE:COTY)

Posted by on Jun 18, 2014

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) Insider Ciserani Giovanni sold 10,560 shares of The Procter & Gamble Company stock on the open market in a transaction dated Thursday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.79, for a total transaction of $842,582.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 12,217 shares in the company, valued at approximately $974,794. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) net profit margin is 12.60% and weekly performance is -0.71%. On last trading day company shares ended up $79.58. Analysts mean target price for the company is $ 87.32. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -1.46%.

After losing $3 billion in market value since its last known suitor walked away, Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) may be more willing to open its door to potential buyers. Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) shares fell -0.21% in last trading session and ended the day on $14.57. AVP Gross Margin is 60.70% and its return on assets is -3.40%. Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP)quarterly performance is 16.29.

Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN) Food Solutions, the food service division of Unilever, is furthering the goal of its Seductive Nutrition initiative by sponsoring the 2nd Annual Menus of Change® leadership summit. The initiative asks chefs to pledge to make small changes to popular menu items that reduce calories, but still preserve the flavors and dining experience. Unilever Food Solutions also announced that for each new chef pledge through the end of 2014, it will help provide 18 meals* to Feeding America®. Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN) shares moved up 0.48% in last trading session and was closed at $43.86, while trading in range of $43.71 – $43.98. Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN)year to date (YTD) performance is 11.15%.

RBC Capital restated their sector perform rating on shares of Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL) in a report issued on Friday. They currently have a GBX 2,700 ($45.83) target price on the stock. Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL) ended the last trading day at $45.34. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 0.51% and price to cash ratio as 32.31. Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL)showed a positive weekly performance of 0.82%.

On June 6, 2014, Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) said Friday it will buy back $468 million in shares from affiliates of Berkshire Partners and Rhone Capital. As part of the agreement, Brad Bloom, managing director at Berkshire, and Steve Langman, managing director at Rhone, will resign from Coty’s board, bringing the board to eight members, the company said in a statement. Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) shares closed at $17.06, while trading in range of $16.86 – $17.06. Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) year to date (YTD) performance is 2.35%.

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