10 Best Soaps and Cleaning Materials Stocks to Invest In

2. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 68

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) provides branded consumer packaged goods to consumers across the globe. Its operations are divided into Fabric & Home Care, Grooming, Beauty, Health Care, Feminine & Family Care, and Baby. The company boasts a strong portfolio of brands, which includes reputable names such as Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Safeguard, Tide, Always, Venus, Oral-B, Ariel, Crest, Tampax, and others.

Organic sales for the company’s fiscal Q1 2025 grew by 2%, affirming its position as a consumer staples giant in the sector. For fiscal 2025, it expects to pay dividends worth $10 billion and repurchase around $6 billion to $7 billion in stock. This dividend cost is the direct result of a 7% dividend increase that the company announced in April.

However, The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) expects its operating environment to remain volatile and challenging, primarily due to input costs to currencies to consumers, competitors, retailers, and geopolitical dynamics. Despite these headwinds, it expects 2% to 4% sales growth in fiscal 2025 and a 10% to 12% diluted net EPS growth. The Procter & Gamble Company’s (NYSE:PG) recession-resilient business model, a mix of dividends and buybacks, and a historical trend of dividend raises make it one of the best soaps and cleaning materials stocks to invest in.