DJ Procter & Gamble Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) rose 1.87% to $150.59 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.10% to 51,231.64 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.47% to 7,765.36.

Procter & Gamble Co. closed 9.96% below its 52-week high of $167.25, which the company achieved on February 27th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ fell 0.76% to $256.48, Estee Lauder Cos. Cl A (EL) fell 0.14% to $94.32, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) rose 1.02% to $88.10.

Trading volume (10.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 8.7 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 8, 2026.