The Procter & Gamble Company (PGCO34)

Overview

The Procter & Gamble Company, commonly known as P&G, is a multinational corporation that specializes in a wide range of consumer packaged goods. With its operations spanning globally, P&G maintains a significant presence in various consumer goods markets. Established in 1837, the company has its headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has grown to operate through five main segments: Beauty, Grooming, Health Care, Fabric & Home Care, and Baby, Feminine & Family Care. P&G products are sold through various channels including mass merchandisers, e-commerce platforms, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores, department stores, distributors, wholesalers, specialty beauty stores, high-frequency stores, pharmacies, electronics stores, and professional channels, in addition to direct-to-consumer sales channels.

Products and Services

Beauty: This segment includes hair care products like conditioners, shampoos, styling aids, and treatments available under brands such as Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Pantene, and Rejoice. It also provides antiperspirants and deodorants, personal cleansing, and skin care products under brands like Olay, Old Spice, Safeguard, Secret, SK-II, and Native.

Grooming: Under this category, P&G offers blades and razors, shave products, appliances, and other grooming products with well-known brands such as Braun, Gillette, and Venus.

Health Care: Products here involve oral care products like toothbrushes and toothpastes under Crest and Oral-B brands; and offers gastrointestinal, pain relief, rapid diagnostics, respiratory, vitamins/minerals/supplements, and other personal health care products under brands like Metamucil, Neurobion, Pepto-Bismol, and Vicks.

Fabric & Home Care: This segment delivers fabric enhancers, laundry additives, and laundry detergents under prominent brands like Ariel, Downy, Gain, and Tide. It extends to air care, dish care, P&G professional, and surface care products under brands such as Cascade, Dawn, Fairy, Febreze, Mr. Clean, and Swiffer.

Baby, Feminine & Family Care: Offering baby wipes, taped diapers, and pants under the Luvs and Pampers brands; adult incontinence and feminine care products under Always, Always Discreet, and Tampax brands; and paper towels, tissues, and toilet papers under Bounty, Charmin, and Puffs brands.