The Procter & Gamble Company (PG)

poor management

Solid company with solid income but no flashy products to drive stock price growth.

Global recession is hurting premium packaged goods. Store brands are continuing to eat into profits with the very real possibility that frugal consumers won't switch back once the recession is over.

Solid company, low beta, not likely to keep pace with the S&P despite its dividend in this market.

not a bad company, but it will most likely underperform the market during a recovery because it is so stable.

Going to fall behind of the growth/rebound quickly.

Consumers will move to generic brands.

Old Proctor and Gamble I think they lost the reason for Proctor because I feel the gambeling urge comming on

in big trouble..trying to sell pharma.. tells me... sell. sell. sell..

I just don't see it for this stock. Slowing economy and while they have a deep product pipeline, I don't see the growth coming in the next 12 months. In addition, their advertising is too old school for me to be comfortable. They are still heavy in TV which few watch. They make average products for average people and the stock will be average.

Consumers will be switching away from PG brands to more generic offerings as budgets get tight.

Just like with JNJ - purchasing at the beginning of the troubles would have been good. Purchasing now will lead to under performance of the market in the uptick. This one's too stable to be a market beater.

Nice boring safe company, but the market should do better.

unliver is better

Even though PG has the best market cap in the industry, its earning power is not higher enough after its acquisition of Gillette. It will take another year or so before I can improve it return of equity.

score of 4 on my 12 point scale. 60% of stocks scoring 6 or less have underperformed the S&P500

Watch Out! P&G will be extremely uncertain during this time as they look to divest some underperforming brands. I don't think they will find many takers, sending their stock price down.

I think this company will maintain its market share, however I think they will be going through a lot of reorganizing and layoffs to get there. I think the upcoming Presidential Election will have an affect on their stock prices. I think we will see a lot of fluctuation in the stock price over the next few years. The company and its product lines are well known which are to its benefit. However, I think the company will definately go through a period of loss before bouncing back.

Diversity of products is both a help and a hindrance. During economic slumps (such as the election-year lull we're about to enter) a wide product line can keep the company afloat as some units bottom out while others continue to sell. Expect middling performance until late 2008/early 2009 when it should pull back up.