P&G forecasts higher profit as pandemic drives cleaning boom
Reuters
Published Jul 30, 2020 07:32AM ET
Updated Jul 30, 2020 07:45AM ET
(Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co (N:PG) forecast full-year sales and profit above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, benefiting from a surge in demand for detergents and toilet paper as pandemic lockdowns prompt cleaning drives at homes.
Shares of the company rose about 2% in premarket trading after it also beat analysts' expectations for fourth-quarter revenue and profit.
Hunkered down at home, people have focused on housekeeping and better hygiene, driving sales of P&G's Bounty paper towels, Charmin toilet paper and Tide detergent among other products.
P&G now forecasts fiscal 2021 adjusted profit to rise between 3% to 7% or $5.27 to $5.48 per share, while analysts were expecting profit of $5.23 per share, according to IBES data from Refintiv.
The company also expects sales to grow in the range of 1% to 3%, compared with estimates of a 1.93% rise.
In the quarter ended June 30, sales from P&G's fabric and home care unit, its biggest business that makes Ariel detergent and Downy fabric softener saw 11% increase to $6.29 billion.
Net earnings attributable was $2.80 billion, or $1.07 per share, in the fourth quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss of $5.24 billion, or $2.12 per share, a year earlier. The year ago quarter had an impairment charge of about $8 billion.
Excluding one-time items, the company earned $1.16 per share above estimates of $1.01.
The maker of Tide and Gillette products posted net sales of $17.70 billion, beating analysts' average estimate of $16.97 billion, according to IBES data from Refintiv.
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