The Gift And A Curse With Proctor And Gamble

Procter & Gamble Company (PG.N), the planet's greatest household products manufacturing company, reported a greater quarterly gain on Thursday, aided by cost-cutting and more powerful revenue of things like soap and air-freshener. But web revenue in the Q3 was unaltered at $20.6 million, unsatisfactory traders searching for faster development a few years in to P&G's endeavors to concentrate on primary merchandises.

All-Natural revenue, which excludes the effect of divestitures and purchases, increased 3%, but powerful U.S. money destroyed these increases. Shares dropped hundredth to $79.85 in morning trading plus one expert stated P&G wants faster development to raise shares. It's been under great pressure to start revolutionary merchandises and improve its companies. Two weeks past, P&G stated it was trying to sell the volume of its dog meals company to Mars Inc. for $2.9 billion. Recently, in addition, it offered its Folgers espresso manufacturer and Warner Chicot drugs.

All-Natural revenue in P&G's material attention and home-care office, which creates virtually tierce of revenue, increased 6%. Manufacturers because class contain Wave, Febreze air-freshener and Duracell batteries. Grooming, its many profitable company, found revenue increase hundredth. P&G's fighting attractiveness office, which contains Brain & Shoulders and Olay, enhanced with revenue up 2%. Proctor and Gamble will continue to look good through the year.

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Tobacco; Light one up like a man!

The title above implies the basic charm behind using tobacco products, mostly cigarettes. Media ads for tobacco would target their prospective buyers with images of cowboys riding in the wild and lighting up a cigarette while performing manly tasks such as rounding up a herd of cows or horses, others would allude to class, as in, only classy gentlemen and ladies prefer a particular brand.

To be more specific, tobacco giants such as Phillip Morris and British American Tobacco manufacture known brands such as Marlboro, Virginia Slims, Benson & Hedges, and Parliament etc. Included among tobacco products are also others such as tobacco that can be chewed, smoked in a pipe, or more popular nowadays smoked in a traditional Hookah, also referred to as Sheesha.

While traditionally, tobacco may have sold well, in today’s world of health awareness and the dangers of smoking and the dangers of tobacco in general, it is facing a challenge. CVS pharmacies across the US recently stopped sales of all tobacco products. May government health departments across the world have now made it mandatory that a warning label be printed on all tobacco products that ‘smoking is injurious to health.’ What effect has all this had on the stock performance of tobacco companies? Investment analysts are now warning that while tobacco might still be a good investment option, it is better to hold back or invest in other stocks. Remember that market sentiment is a BIG factor when it comes to stock markets and with tobacco being viewed as a negative product, long term outlook for earnings may not be so good after all.

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The Coca Cola Company Stock

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Coca cola, the global leader in beverage industry that has quite a few brands under its name. The categories include soft drinks, sports drinks, fruit juices etc. lately, if we talk about carbonated soft drinks, their sales have been declining in the US. Only sprite was the brand in the category that witnessed 0.1% growth in the year 2013 in United States. Apart from that, Coca Cola witnessed a decline in sales by around 0.5%.

The tastes and preferences for consumers have been changing. The people who used to drink colas between and after dinner have decreased. People are more conscious about health these days and are doing efforts to avoid obesity. Fruit juices that are more refreshing and are healthy as compared to carbonated beverages are increasing in demand.

The compounded annual growth rate of fruit juices in the last 9 years is 6.6% while carbonated soft drinks have a CAGR of 5.6%. So the beverage companies have to keep in mind that in order to stay in the competition, they must include healthy drinks in their product lines so that it neutralizes the negative sales of carbonated soft drinks. This way they can keep up with the competition and should continue adapting new trends and preferences of consumers.

Coca Cola stock pricetoday as of 11^th April is trading at $38.89 down 0.26% from last night’s closing price of $38.99. KO shares has declined around 6% year to date but moving forward, analysts expect it to appreciate more than 10% in the coming 12 months.

Since 2010, the revenues have increased by only $11.6 billion which is a slow growth rate. Their net income since 2010 has declined $2.2 billion and so have Earnings by the same rate.

But what are the prospects of Coke moving forward? The company has plans to diversify into other categories of beverages and focus on emerging categories so that their Revenues increase. The Stock graph of KO has showed a downward trend this year but moving forward it might improve considering the company’s agenda.

Coke price to Earnings Ratio is around 20.4 while the P/E of Pepsi is 19.35. However the Revenues of Coke are at discount to Pepsi. Coke’s most recent announced Revenues were $4.4 billion while that of Pepsi were $66 billion. However Coke and Pepsi’s Net income were $8.6 billion and $6.7 billion respectively.

Coke’s market cap is $171 billion as of now however Pepsi’s market cap is $128 billion.

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What Encourages the Investors Regarding Current Wal-Mart Stock Quote

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) is a retail company that operates on a global scale. There are three segments in which the company is operating currently. These are as follows: the Wal-Mart U.S., The Sam’s Club, and The Wal-Mart International. This retail company has accounted for more than 50% of the sales in the retail industry in the U.S. in the last 7 years, which indicates that the business of Wal-Mart is growing rapidly, which also triggers the investors to revise their plans in terms of investing in this company. Therefore the investors are now more cautious in investing in the Wal-Mart stocks.

The current Wal-Mart share price is $76.43 with the average change of 0.55%. The 52-week high and low stock prices of the company are $81.37 and $71.51, respectively. The average volume of the stocks of the Wal-Mart that is being traded in the stock markets amounts to 1,916,534. The WMT stock quote for today further suggests that purchasing stocks of this company in the current period must be imminent for the investors as the company’s net sales in the end of 2014 are estimated to rise sharply as compared to the net sales recorded in 2013-end. This is an encouraging factor for most of the investors worldwide. 

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Information About Costco Finance

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The Costco Wholesale Corporation is primarily engaged in the production of different products such as sundries, snack foods, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, cleaning supplies, candies, office supplies, cameras, hardware, and a wide array of other products. The company has its warehouses in different parts of the world such as United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Japan, Mexico, Australia, and United Kingdom.

Over the course of time, the company has expanded its infrastructure and is considering building more warehouses in the future. This has resulted directly in terms of the rising demand of COST stocks. The is evidenced through the rising stock price of the company in the last 5 year, as the stock price at the beginning of 2009 was $24.33 and it has reached up to $111.68 in the beginning of the year 2014.

Other details relating to the Costco finance show that the revenues of the company in the end of 2013 were $23715.0 million, which were higher than the revenues collected in 2012, which were $21,628 million. Similarly, the revenues are expected to rise in the end of 2014 by 6%, i.e. $25,017 million. This shows that the company is going in the right direction where maximized profits are awaiting the company officials. 

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Reynolds American by BidnessEtc

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Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) is the second largest Tobacco Company in the United States. Some of the famous Brands that come under the Name include Camel and Pall Mall, which are amongst the top selling cigarettes in the US. Under Reynolds come its subsidiaries that include American Snuff Company, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Niconovum USA Inc., and R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company.

Reynolds Tobacco is also a subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc and the parent company Of American Snuff Company, Niconovum USA Inc., Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company. It holds a market share of 27% of US cigarette sales.

RAI recently announced that it might buy the Cigarette giant Lorillard. It might bid the giant for $20 billion. Reynolds American revenues increased 1% (YoY) due to higher average selling prices but cigarette sales have fallen sharply as health conscious consumers prefer electronic cigarette these days.

Reynolds American stocks are trading at $53.58 as of 25 March. The share price according to analysts is expected to reach a consensus estimate of $52 in the upcoming 12 months. Majority of the Analysts rate the company’s stock as a hold. For the last 3 years, the company has shown a growth in EPS.  

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Proctor & Gamble Stock Price Information

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The Proctor & Gamble Company (P&G) is engaged in the production and distribution of the consumer packaged goods and items. The products of the company are used in more than 190 countries of the world. These products are founds mostly in grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership clubs, drug stores, and e-commerce websites. The huge following and brand loyalty of the company has led to the greater profits earned by the company in the recent times. The investors are also enjoying stable dividends per share, which has encouraged them to buy Proctor and Gamble stock in large volumes.

The current P&G stock price is $80.34, which, compared to the previous day, changed by -0.32%. The 52-week high and low stock prices of the company are $85.82 and $73.61, respectively. Similarly, the stock volume that is being traded on average in the stock market is 2,557,025. In addition, the stock price history of the company’s stocks suggests that the share price has significantly increased since the last 5 years from $47.64 to the current value. The value of the stocks has, however, declined during the last quarter of 2014. Still, the stable stock price suggests that the P&G stocks are regarded as profitable by the investors, which is evidenced through their higher demand. 

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Reynolds American Inc. (RAI)

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Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) is the second largest tobacco producing company in United States after Altria Group Inc.; its subsidiaries include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, American Snuff Company, Niconovum AB and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company. Reynolds American Inc. control around 30% of all cigarettes sold within US. Some of its products like Camel, Pall Mall and Grizzly have continued to capture market share and exhibited tremendous growth momentum in FY2013 and are well on the track to achieve the ultimate goal of market leadership. Reynolds American Inc. has hired Lazard Ltd, as their advisors, to look for a possible deal to acquire the third largest cigarette making company Lorillard Inc. in US. If the deal materializes, it would change the market dynamics and would provide immense growth opportunities to Reynolds American Inc. and would be in a position to pose a threat to Altria Group Inc.

The stock price has seen a phenomenal rise of 20% since last April. The full year EPS rose by 40.2% to $3.14. This upbeat has been as a result of announcement of positive financial results of FY13. Despite the total consumption of cigarettes from 633 billion in 1982 has come down to 286 billion in 2012, the corporation has been successful in increasing its net income by 35.1% in FY13. The rise in profits has been backed by higher cigarette pricing and lower MSA expenses. Since the news of Lorillard Inc. acquisition and impressive annual financial results the company has acquired the attention of investors, the volume of shares traded has significantly increased. The company’s huge liquidity reserves outline strong company position to step into different ventures. Its subsidiary Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc. has been recently awarded Steward Status by the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), it explicitly portrays company’s exemplary environmental performance. Reynolds American Inc. has also taken a number of measures to scale down its electricity usage to help improve the environment.

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Wal-Mart Incorporation Added in Gyft Circle

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Wal-Mart Incorporation recently has been added in by the San Francisco based application provider. Gyft is a mobile gift card app provider which added Wal-Mart.

The news was released via Twitter to inform the stakeholders regarding this move. Wal-Mart is the largest retail chain in U.S which earned approximately $325 billion from within U.S in the year 2012.

The CEO of the app Gyft Vinny Lingham shared the opinion he has a firm believe that the addition of Wal-Mart shows that how strong brand his (almost) two years company has. With the help of this application Wal-Mart Gift cards will now easily be available to people in different denominations such as at $25, $50, $100, $250 and $500.

Having the largest Wal-Mart stores chain they offer a wide variety of grocery like baby products, electronics items, shoes, jewelry, grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty, sports items etc. One of the major smart strategic moves by Wal-Mart has been offering a wide range of grocery to people. This facilitates the visitors to make maximum purchase according to their needs under one roof. 

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Sodastream Participation in Annual International Home and Housewares Show

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 Some tradeshows or business exhibitions have always been a great platform for launching new products. “Annual International Home and Housewares Show” is one of the reputable platforms which had always given substantial boost to new products. That is the reason every year maximum number of companies dealing in consumer goods actively participate in this show to present their most recent product created or to get a boost in their existing product line. Annual International Home and Housewares Show is particularly a platform for companies which are in the business of household items in some way or the other.

The show is warmly welcomed by global business world and 1000s of retail buyers participate in this show from all over the world. The main focus is to interact with manufacturers, suppliers, to see the products, to remain updated from current happening and for a lot more.

This year had been a great for SodaStream International. Though cannot be claimed to be the highest exhibited but for sure one of the highly exhibited company. It is expected that in near future SodaStream will face severe competition in the industry as many companies have find potential and are aiming to get in the category of home carbonated water. 

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Herbalife and the Sales tactics scandal

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Herbalife International is a US based company which deals in the development, manufacturing and marketing of health and skin care products. The company is traded on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the ticker ‘HLF’ and the HLF stock price is currently at $54. The company has market capitalization of over $5.5 billion. The company has been very successful since its inception with sales rocketing over $4 billion in the previous year. The company has a diverse distribution network with distributors in over 91 countries. Herbalife has a multi-level marketing strategy in which the company’s distributors can earn additional commissions from the distributors under them. The company has recently been facing allegations by the public that the company is using illegal practices for its marketing strategy. The supporters of the Multi-Level Marketing strategy are in the favor of the company while the others which are not in the favor of this strategy are usually the short sellers and to some extent their strategy has worked because HLF stock has lost over $10 since the court battles on the issue started. Herbalife’s major stakeholder LCAHN has declared the company a very good investment in the long term and said that these issue are not of much importance since the allegations are not very authentic and the court will be in their favor.

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Root Beer by Dr Pepper Snapple Group

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Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPS) is an U.S based soft drink manufacturing company. Formerly it was known by “Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages”. The company is based in Texas.

The company has a wide range of well-known brands such as Diet Rite, Hires, Crush Orange, Snapple, Motts, Cactus Cooler, Mistic and root beer which was launched on 20^th June 1919. Root beer has become one of the most famous brands of USA along with drive-ins and car culture. The drink was launched by Roy Allen, a young entrepreneur. The beginning of root beer was when Roy set a road side stand for spectators to quench the spectator’s thirst who were present to honor the returning veterans from World War 1. The drink was thick and creamy which became a huge success in a short span of time giving Roy an opportunity to start a stand with his new partner Frank Wright. Soon he started 5 new stands. Soon he opened 2 more stand in Houston where for the first time he set a name A&W, the brand name of his root beer. He didn’t stop here, but planned forward to start restaurant franchise sales program. This is how the journey of Dr Pepper Snapple Group Incorporation began with root beer.    

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Costco’s expansion plans and investor outlook

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Costco is a United States based corporation, which is in retailing business and is ranked 4^th largest retailer in the world. Costco is headquartered in Washington, United States and is traded on NASDAQ with the symbol ‘COST’. Costco stock price is currently at $112 and the company has market capitalization of over $51 billion. COST Stock has given good returns to the investors in the previous years with over 40% return in the last year. Costco is a membership only retailer club. Costco offers wide range of products to its members ranging from home and office products top jewelry and toys. The company’s aim is to sell products at low costs to its members. Apart from having over 650 stores in 8 countries Costco also have an online presence and also offer online buying facility. Currently Costco’s annual memberships are over 71 million which represents that the company has a very strong customer base but most of its memberships are in United States and the international presence of the company is not so much. However the company’s management has announced that the 60% of the new store openings in the coming years would be in international markets which will prove to be very diversifying and promising for the Costco’s investors. 

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Coca-Cola (KO)

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Coca-Cola Company, with the stock market ticker (KO) is the world’s largest producer of non-alcoholic beverages. It produces more than 1.9 billion serving everyday worldwide. It is a favorite stock among dividend investors given the fact that it’s a top dividend yielding stock with current stock dividend yield of 2.93% and dividend growth rate of 8% last year, is higher than that of a close competitor, PepsiCo.

Coca-Cola is a top consumer discretionary stock and is considered one of the best companies to invest in given solid fundamentals like stable cash flows ($8 billion last year) and growing operating margins. The stock market trends for the stock have responded the strong position of the company.  The stock gains have been over 80% in the recent 5 years and due to which it is one of the good stocks to invest in.

The Dividend Aristocrat, has been posting positive stock market news. It recently bought its bottlers in a $12.3 billion deal to gain better control of its business operations. Stock investing is truly an art to analyze relevant information pertaining to different companies to bring it down to the high yield investments. Coca-Cola is surely in the top 10 stocks list for amateur traders and experienced traders alike.

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What does investor sees in Proctor and Gamble

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Procter and Gamble is a fortune 500 company, which deals in the consumer packaged products. Procter and Gamble operates in over 180 countries and is one of the biggest companies operating in personal care, cleaning agents and pet foods products. Procter and gamble apart from being the company to provide quality products to the consumer is also ranked one of the top employers in the world with numerous awards given for the most desirable employer in personal care products. 

The company trades on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with ticker symbol of ‘PG’ and currently has the stock price of $80 and the market capitalization of over $210 billion. The company has given great returns to the investors in the past. For the financial year 2014 the company’s sales growth slump a bit due to the stronger dollar but the company has still beat the market expectation in the sales growth. The company has a fairly diversifiable portfolio of the products with highest market share in the personal care products in many countries. This accounts for the diversification for the investors and also good growth in the past and company keeps on capitalizing on the new projects like joint venture in Iberia which provided good return for the company’s investment. 

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