DJ Procter & Gamble Co. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors

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Shares of Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) shed 1.56% to $156.84 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.58% to 7,757.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.69% to 52,856.09.

Procter & Gamble Co. closed 6.22% short of 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 0.61% to $257.78, Estee Lauder Cos. Cl A (EL) fell 2.32% to $103.66, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) fell 1.21% to $93.40.

Trading volume (9.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 8.9 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled October 21, 2026.