Procter & Gamble (PG) Q1 2023 earnings

Procter & Gamble is predicted to report its fiscal first-quarter earnings earlier than the bell on Wednesday.

This is what Wall Avenue analysts surveyed by Refinitiv expect:

• Earnings per share: $1.54 anticipated
• Income: $20.28 billion anticipated

In late July, the maker of Tide detergent, Charmin rest room paper and different client items merchandise mentioned it anticipated larger prices to proceed pressuring its revenue margins in its new fiscal yr. For its fiscal 2023, the corporate forecast headwinds of $3.3 billion from larger commodity and freight prices, in addition to overseas trade charges. P&G additionally mentioned it expects earnings per share to be flat to up 4% from the prior fiscal yr.

To mitigate rising prices, the corporate has been elevating costs throughout its portfolio. However the technique has been hurting client demand for its merchandise. Customers have as a substitute been reaching for cheaper alternate options as their budgets are pressured by inflation, with costs surging for all the things from butter to airline tickets.

Greater costs, reasonably than demand, are anticipated to drive gross sales progress for P&G this yr. In fiscal 2023, it expects to see natural gross sales progress of three% to five%.

Issues about P&G’s pricing energy, in addition to Covid lockdowns in China, have weighed on the inventory. Shares of the corporate have fallen 21% this yr, dragging its market worth right down to $306.4 billion.

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