After reporting better-than-anticipated fiscal third-quarter profit results as a series of price rises helped its performance, Procter & Gamble Co., the manufacturer of well-known household items including Crest toothpaste, Tide detergent, increased its year sales projection on Friday. The average forecast of the nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research for earnings per share was $1.32, thus the outcomes exceeded expectations on Wall Street. P&G matched the price increases from the prior quarter by raising prices by nearly 10% across all of its brands in the most recent quarter.
Its global product sales decreased by 3% in the third quarter of its fiscal year, a better performance than the 6% decline in the second quarter. According to the business, it anticipates that overall revenues would rise by around 1% over last year. It also kept its forecast for yearly profit. P&G shares increased by about 4%, or $5.72, to $156.57 in Friday morning trade.