DJ Procter & Gamble Co. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) slid 2.02% to $142.64 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.48% to 7,636.36 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.77% to 52,380.66.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.
Procter & Gamble Co. closed 14.71% below its 52-week high of $167.25, which the company reached on February 27th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 0.76% to $267.08, Estee Lauder Cos. Cl A (EL) fell 2.87% to $98.77, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) fell 0.43% to $88.03.
Trading volume (9.3 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 8.8 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled September 9, 2026.