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Procter & Gamble real return vs inflation and money printing PG
Procter & Gamble Co. Consumer goods group behind household brands in cleaning, personal care and grooming.
Key numbers
- 1-month change
- +5.1%
- Volatility (30-day, annualised)
- 16.6%
Procter & Gamble real return after inflation and money printing
In dollars and pounds, before and after inflation, since Jan 1985.
+60.8%Procter & Gamble after US inflation since 20102.9% a year
Up 149% in dollars since 2010. After US inflation, up 60.8%. Against money printing, down 9.1%.
In pounds, up 205%, or up 86.7% after UK inflation.
- $ nominal
- +149%5.6% a year
- £ nominal
- +205%6.8% a year
- Real $ (US CPI)
- +60.8%2.9% a year
- Real £ (UK CPI)
- +86.7%3.8% a year
- vs US M2
- −9.1%−0.6% a year
- Measured from
- Dec 2009to Oct 2026, 16 years 10 months
- Procter & Gamble, Real $ (US CPI)$151.20
- $ nominal$151.20
- Oct 2026, latest
Loading the chart. Every figure is also in the table below.
| Period | $ nominal | £ nominal | Real $ (US CPI) | Real £ (UK CPI) | vs US M2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past year from Oct 2025 | +0.6% | −0.1% | –a (see note a) | −2.8% | −4.1% |
| 5 years from Oct 2021 | +5.8% 1.1% a year | +9.4% 1.8% a year | −12.7% −2.7% a year | −13.5% −2.9% a year | −4.1% −0.8% a year |
| Since 2020 from Dec 2019 | +21.1% 2.8% a year | +21.4% 2.9% a year | −7.1% −1.1% a year | −8.3% −1.3% a year | −20.4% −3.3% a year |
| 10 years from Oct 2016 | +74.2% 5.7% a year | +60.8% 4.9% a year | +25.7% 2.3% a year | +13.3% 1.3% a year | −2.0% −0.2% a year |
| Since 2010 from Dec 2009 | +149% 5.6% a year | +205% 6.8% a year | +60.8% 2.9% a year | +86.7% 3.8% a year | −9.1% −0.6% a year |
| Since 2000 from Dec 1999 | +176% 3.9% a year | +237% 4.6% a year | +38.7% 1.2% a year | +70.3% 2.0% a year | −45.1% −2.2% a year |
| Since Jan 1985 first month in our data | +4,202% 9.4% a year | +3,575% 9.0% a year | +1,255% 6.4% a year | +994% 5.9% a year | +330% 3.6% a year |
- a US CPI was not published for Oct 2025.
How these figures are worked out
Sources, inflation measures and what is left out
- Month-end closes from Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq, Jan 1985 to Oct 2026. Oct 2026 is still in progress, so its figure is the latest close rather than a month-end. Our history for Procter & Gamble starts in Jan 1985, so longer windows are left out.
- Real figures divide by US CPI (BLS, via FRED) or UK CPI (ONS, joined to the ONS long-run RPI before Jan 1988) and are stated in Oct 2026 money. The M2 lens divides by the US M2 money supply (Federal Reserve, via FRED). Pounds convert at each month's GBP/USD rate.
- US CPI is published with a lag: Oct 2026 uses the Aug 2026 figure.
- UK CPI is published with a lag: Oct 2026 uses the Aug 2026 figure.
- US M2 is published with a lag: Oct 2026 uses the Aug 2026 figure.
- Price returns only: dividends are not included, so the total return to a holder who reinvested them was higher.
- A return of 12 months or more also shows its yearly rate. Gaps in a source are left as gaps and never filled in.
Procter & Gamble price history, past year
Daily closes from Nasdaq. Last refreshed .
Where Procter & Gamble stands today
52-week range
- Below the high
- 8.6%
- Above the low
- 10.7%
Procter & Gamble sits in the middle part of its range, 10.7% above the $138.04 low from 7 Jan 2026 and 8.6% below the $167.20 high from 27 Feb 2026. About 88% of the year's daily closes were lower than today's price.
Moving averages
- 50-day$146.24 +4.4%
- 200-day$147.83 +3.3%
Price compared with each average. Bars to the right mean the price is above it.
Procter & Gamble is 4.4% above its 50-day average and 3.3% above its 200-day average, so on both the shorter and the longer view the trend we measure is still pointing up. The 50-day line last dropped below the 200-day on 21 Aug 2026, which traders call a death cross.
Trend score
- Trend70
- Momentum74
- RSI score89
- Drawdown83
- Uptrend
- 65 or more
- Sideways
- 36 to 64
- Downtrend
- 35 or less
Rules-based, from 277 daily prices. It describes the trend so far and does not predict the next move. How it works.
Procter & Gamble performance and biggest moves
Returns over time
| Period | PG | SPY | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week | +2.9% | -0.1% | +3.0 pts |
| 1 month | +5.1% | +1.9% | +3.3 pts |
| 3 months | +3.2% | +3.1% | +0.0 pts |
| Year to date | +6.6% | +14.2% | −7.6 pts |
| 1 year | +3.6% | +17.4% | −13.8 pts |
Procter & Gamble is up 3.6% over the past year on price alone, against +17.4% for the S&P 500 (through the SPY fund), so it has trailed that comparison by 13.8 percentage points. Dividends are not included, so the total return for holders would be a little higher.
Best and worst days in the past year
- Days that closed higher
- 52%
- Moves of 3% or more
- 4
The biggest one-day rise since 13 Oct 2025 came on 5 Jun 2026 (+4.1%) and the sharpest fall on 8 Dec 2025 (−3.6%). Of the 251 trading days in that period, 52% closed higher than the day before and 4 moved by 3% or more in one direction or the other.
Is Procter & Gamble overbought, and how volatile is it?
RSI (14-day)
Firm- Sessions at 70+ (past year)
- 10
- Sessions at 30 or lower
- 4
At 64.3, Procter & Gamble's RSI is in the upper half of the usual 30 to 70 band, so buyers have had the better of the past few weeks without the reading reaching the level we'd call stretched. Over the past year it has spent 10 sessions at 70 or above, most recently on 27 Feb 2026.
Volatility against other US shares
4th calmest of 27- Typical daily move
- 1.0%
- Calmest in group
- BRK.B 10.8%
Procter & Gamble's 30-day volatility is 16.6%, which works out at a move of roughly 1.0% on an ordinary day. That makes it the 4th calmest of the 27 US shares we track, below the group median of 23.3%. We use the same 30-day window for every asset so the ranking is like for like, though it shifts as big days drop out of the window.
Procter & Gamble compared with similar assets
| Asset | Price | Today | 1 month | 1 year | RSI | Trend score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGProcter & Gamble | $152.75 | -0.20% | +5.1% | +3.6% | 64 | 76 Uptrend |
| KOCoca-Cola | $90.04 | -0.07% | +2.0% | +34.8% | 63 | 82 Uptrend |
| JNJJohnson & Johnson | $249.54 | +0.37% | -6.0% | +30.7% | 35 | 52 Sideways |
| COSTCostco | $953.50 | -0.12% | +5.4% | +1.9% | 63 | 60 Sideways |
Over the past year Coca-Cola has done best in this group (+34.8%) and Costco has been the weakest (+1.9%). Procter & Gamble comes 3rd of 4, 31.2 percentage points behind Coca-Cola.
About Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble was founded in 1837. Brands such as Pampers, Gillette, Tide and Ariel make it one of the largest consumer goods companies, and it has raised its dividend every year for more than 65 years.
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Procter & Gamble: questions people ask
Answers are built from the same live figures shown above, so they change as the price does. Last checked 14 Oct 2026.
Has Procter & Gamble beaten inflation since 2010?
Yes. From the December 2009 close to October 2026, Procter & Gamble went up 149% in dollars. US consumer prices rose 55.1% over the same months, which leaves a real gain of 60.8%, or 2.9% a year after inflation. A UK holder counting in pounds saw up 205%, which comes to up 86.7% once UK CPI is taken out. These are price returns: dividends are not included, so a holder who reinvested them did better.
How has Procter & Gamble done against money printing?
The US M2 money supply grew 174% since 2010. M2 counts the cash, current accounts and savings deposits held in the US, so it measures how much new money was created rather than how much shop prices rose. Against it, Procter & Gamble is down 9.1%. In other words the price rose more slowly than the amount of money in circulation.
What is Procter & Gamble's real return over 10 years?
Over the 10 years to October 2026, Procter & Gamble returned 74.2% in dollars (5.7% a year). After US inflation that is up 25.7%, 2.3% a year. In pounds after UK inflation it is up 13.3%.
What is the Procter & Gamble share price today?
The last price we have for Procter & Gamble is $152.75, down 0.2% on the day, as of 23:55 BST on 13 Oct 2026. We get US prices from Nasdaq and during trading hours they can be up to 15 minutes behind, so if you are about to trade you'll want the live quote from your broker rather than ours. Over the last month the shares have moved +5.1% and over the last year +3.6%.
Is Procter & Gamble stock overbought right now?
No, or at least not on the 14-day RSI, which reads 64.3 at the moment. We'd only start calling Procter & Gamble overbought above 70 and it hasn't been there since 27 Feb 2026, while the last time it went the other way and dropped below 30 was 26 Mar 2026. RSI looks back over 14 sessions and asks how much of the movement was up and how much was down, so a reading in the 50s or 60s mostly tells us the past few weeks have been tilted towards buyers without getting extreme. Procter & Gamble spent 10 sessions at 70 or above in the past year, which is one reason we don't treat a high reading as a cue to sell: in a strong run it can stay there for weeks.
How far is Procter & Gamble from its 52-week high?
Not far, about 8.6%. The highest close in the past year was $167.20 on 27 Feb 2026 and the lowest was $138.04 on 7 Jan 2026, which puts today's price 50% of the way up that range. We work this out from daily closing prices rather than the intraday highs and lows an exchange reports, so our high can be a little lower than the one you'll see quoted elsewhere.
Is Procter & Gamble above its 200-day moving average?
It is. Procter & Gamble's last price of $152.75 is 3.3% above its 200-day average of $147.83, while the 50-day average of $146.24 is below the 200-day, which has been the case since 21 Aug 2026, when the two lines last crossed. We show the 200-day line because it averages about ten months of closing prices, so a single bad week hardly moves it, and when we look at a chart it's the quickest way to see whether a share has been rising or falling over the longer run, even if it can't tell us where the price goes from here.
How volatile is Procter & Gamble stock?
Over the past 30 days Procter & Gamble's annualised volatility has been 16.6%. If that number feels abstract, it works out at roughly a 1.0% move on an ordinary day. It is the 4th calmest of the 27 US shares we track and the median for the group is 23.3%, so at the moment it is calmer than most of them. The biggest single-day swings of the past year were +4.1% on 5 Jun 2026 and −3.6% on 8 Dec 2025.
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Procter & Gamble: what the numbers say
Claude Haiku ·Procter & Gamble shares closed at $153.17 today, down 0.02% with the US market open. The stock sits 8.4% below its 52-week closing high of $167.20, reached on 27 February, and 11% above its closing low of $138.04, recorded on 7 January. It trades above both its 50-day average of $146.25 and its 200-day average of $147.83.
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The trend score is 76, which places the shares in an Uptrend, with momentum at 75 and the 14-day RSI at 65.8. Over the past 30 days the price has risen 5.44%, and annualised volatility across that window is 16.5%. Among related names, Johnson & Johnson fell 5.74% today, while Coca-Cola edged up 0.65%.
Written by AI from this site's live data and checked figure by figure before publishing. Educational only, not financial advice.