DJ Procter & Gamble Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day
This article was automatically generated by MarketWatch using technology from Automated Insights.
Shares of Procter & Gamble Co. $(PG)$ rallied 1.08% to $158.56 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.28% to 6,861.89 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.54% to 49,395.16.
The stock's rise snapped a three-day losing streak.
Procter & Gamble Co. closed 11.91% below its 52-week high of $179.99, which the company reached on March 10th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 0.78% to $246.91, Estee Lauder Cos. Cl A $(EL)$ rose 0.13% to $111.74, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. $(CL)$ fell 1.67% to $93.98.
Trading volume (10.2 M) remained 1.4 million below its 50-day average volume of 11.6 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 19, 2026.
This content was created by MarketWatch, which is operated by Dow Jones & Co. MarketWatch is published independently from Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 19, 2026 16:33 ET (21:33 GMT)
Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.