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.