The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 18th will be paid a dividend of 0.6436 per share on Friday, August 15th. This represents a $2.57 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.21%. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) net profit margin is 12.60% and weekly performance is 2.51%. On last trading day company shares ended up $80.56. Analysts mean target price for the company is $87.11. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 0.10%.
Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) Insider Andrew D. Hendry sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.72, for a total transaction of $677,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 185,921 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,590,570. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) shares advanced 0.93% in last trading session and ended the day on $69.50. CL Gross Margin is 58.80% and its return on assets is 15.70%. Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) quarterly performance is 7.64%.
Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN) announced that it has completed the sale of its North America pasta sauces business under the Ragu and Bertolli brands to Mizkan Group.On May 22(nd) , the two companies announced the agreement for a total cash consideration of approximately $2.15 billion, including two production facilities.Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN) shares moved down -0.25% in last trading session and was closed at 43.60, while trading in range of $43.45-$43.67. Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN) year to date performance is 10.49%.
Moroccanoil®, Inc. and Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) have resolved all disputes regarding Moroccanoil’s challenge to Avon’strademarks and trade dress for its Advance Techniques hair care products containing argan oil, as well as Avon’s challenges to the validity of Moroccanoil’s trademark registrations and oppositions to Moroccanoil’s trademark applications. The disputes included a litigation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and numerous proceedings in trademark offices worldwide. Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) ended the last trading day at $14.58. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 0.95% and price to cash ratio as 7.68. Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.21%.