Q4 2024 Procter & Gamble Co Earnings Call Transcript
Key Points
- Procter & Gamble Co (PG) achieved 4% organic sales growth for the fiscal year, marking the sixth consecutive year of 4% or better growth.
- Core earnings per share (EPS) increased by 12% to $6.59, with core gross margin improving by 360 basis points.
- E-commerce sales grew by 9%, now representing 18% of total company sales.
- The company returned over $14 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.
- Procter & Gamble Co (PG) saw broad-based growth across most product categories and regions, with 9 out of 10 product categories growing in Q4.
- Greater China organic sales declined by 9% for the fiscal year, driven by soft market conditions and brand-specific headwinds.
- Volume trends in some Europe enterprise and Asia Pacific, Middle East Africa countries remained soft.
- Global aggregate market share was down by 30 basis points as the company annualized strong growth in European focus markets.
- Core operating margin decreased by 100 basis points in Q4, despite strong productivity improvements.
- The company faces ongoing headwinds from input costs, currencies, and geopolitical challenges, which are expected to persist into fiscal 2025.
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Good morning and welcome to Procter & Gamble's quarter-end conference call. Today's event is being recorded for replay. This discussion will include a number of forward-looking statements. If you will refer to P&G's most recent 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K reports, you will see a discussion of factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from these projections. As required by Regulation G, Procter & Gamble needs to make you aware that during the discussion, the Company will make a number of references to non-GAAP and other financial measures. Procter & Gamble believes these measures, provide investors with useful perspective on underlying business trends and has posted on its Investor Relations website, www.pginvestor.com, a full reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures.
Now I will turn the call over to P&G's Chief Financial Officer, Andre Schulten.
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