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Dow Today: Procter & Gamble (PG) Higher

By TheStreet Wire 08/14/12 - 01:00 PM EDT

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) is trading up 22 points (+0.2%) at 13,191 as of Tuesday, Aug 14, 2012, 12:35 p.m. ET. During this time, 217.9 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 661.9 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,664 issues advancing vs. 1,229 declining with 150 unchanged.

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The Dow component leading the way higher looks to be Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), which is sporting a 44-cent gain (+0.7%) bringing the stock to $66.92. This single gain is lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 3.33 points or roughly accounting for 15.1% of the Dow's overall gain. Volume for Procter & Gamble currently sits at five million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 12.6 million shares.

Procter & Gamble has a market cap of $182.82 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and consumer non-durables industry. Shares are down 0.3% year to date as of Monday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 3.4%.

The Procter & Gamble Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides consumer packaged goods and improves the lives of consumers worldwide. The company operates through six segments: Beauty, Grooming, Health Care, Pet Care, Fabric Care and Home Care, and Baby Care and Family Care. The company has a P/E ratio of 21.4, above the average consumer non-durables industry P/E ratio of 18.2 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

TheStreet Ratings rates Procter & Gamble as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins, reasonable valuation levels and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

You can view the full Procter & Gamble Ratings Report.

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