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title: "Procter & Gamble Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day"
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# Procter & Gamble Co. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) rallied 1.20% to $144.68 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.43% to 7,674.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.98% to 53,277.01.

Procter & Gamble Co. closed 13.49% below its 52-week high of $167.25, which the company achieved on February 27th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) rose 1.07% to $270.24, Estee Lauder Cos. Cl A (EL) rose 6.02% to $101.94, and Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) rose 1.54% to $91.08.

Trading volume (9.7 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 9.2 M.

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

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