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What If You Had Invested in Procter & Gamble 10 Years Ago?
The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) with real monthly prices, dividends reinvested, through November 2026.
PG $167.10 ▼ -0.13% last close, Nov 05, 2026
If you had invested $1,000 in PG in November 2016, today it would be worth
$2,658
Same $1,000 in the S&P 500 (SPY): $3,895
If you had put $500 a month into PG since November 2016, your $60,500 would be worth today
$95,114
Same plan in the S&P 500 (SPY): $128,888
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PG returns by period
| Period | Total return | Per year | $1,000 became | SPY per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | $1.0890 | +0.0% | ||
| Jul 24, 2026 | $1.0890 | +0.0% | ||
| Apr 24, 2026 | $1.0890 | +3.0% | ||
| Jan 23, 2026 | $1.0570 | +0.0% | ||
| Oct 24, 2025 | $1.0570 | +0.0% | ||
| Jul 18, 2025 | $1.0570 | +0.0% | ||
| Apr 21, 2025 | $1.0570 | +5.0% | ||
| Jan 24, 2025 | $1.0070 | +0.0% | ||
| Oct 18, 2024 | $1.0070 | +0.0% | ||
| Jul 19, 2024 | $1.0070 | +0.0% | ||
| Apr 18, 2024 | $1.0070 | +7.0% | ||
| Jan 18, 2024 | $0.9410 | — |
PG year by year
Best full year: 1989 (+66.8%). Worst: 2000 (-27.1%).
| Year | PG | SPY | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +20.0% | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | -12.3% | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | +17.3% | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | -0.9% | +26.2% | |
| 2022 | -5.0% | -18.2% | Consumer staples held up well as the broad market fell. |
| 2021 | +20.5% | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +14.2% | +18.3% | |
| 2019 | +39.7% | +31.2% | |
| 2018 | +3.6% | -4.6% | |
| 2017 | +12.7% | +21.7% | |
| 2016 | +9.4% | +12.0% | |
| 2015 | -10.0% | +1.2% | |
| 2014 | +15.4% | +13.5% | |
| 2013 | +23.6% | +32.3% | |
| 2012 | +5.2% | +16.0% | |
| 2011 | +7.1% | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | +9.4% | +15.1% | |
| 2009 | +1.2% | +26.4% | |
| 2008 | -13.8% | -36.8% | P&G fell much less than the market during the financial crisis. |
| 2007 | +16.6% | +5.1% |
PG: all at once or every month?
Take $12,000: all of it on day one, or $1,000 a month for a year. Across every starting month since 1985 (491 of them), the lump sum was ahead after 12 months in 373 (76%). The lump sum usually won, but roughly one start in 4 favored spreading it out. The best case for monthly investing was a start in December 1999, when it finished the year 57% ahead.
Worst drop
PG's worst fall in this history was -48.1%, a deep bear-market fall, from December 1999 to March 2000. Getting back to the old high took until January 2004: 46 months from the bottom and 4.1 years from the peak. $1,000 invested at that peak shrank to about $519 at the low.
Procter & Gamble dividends
PG paid $4.32 per share over the last 12 months, quarterly. At $167.10 that is 2.59%, a moderate yield. From 2020 to 2025 the yearly payout grew +6.0% a year, steadily. The yearly total did not fall once in the last ten years. Amounts are adjusted for splits.
| Year | Dividends / share | Change | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.18 | +5.5% | 2.92% |
| 2024 | $3.96 | +6.0% | 2.36% |
| 2023 | $3.74 | +3.5% | 2.55% |
| 2022 | $3.61 | +6.1% | 2.38% |
| 2021 | $3.40 | +9.0% | 2.08% |
| 2020 | $3.12 | +5.5% | 2.24% |
| 2019 | $2.96 | +4.0% | 2.37% |
| 2018 | $2.84 | +3.7% | 3.09% |
| 2017 | $2.74 | +2.5% | 2.98% |
| 2016 | $2.67 | +1.5% | 3.18% |
Yield = each year’s dividends divided by the price at the end of the year.
PG dividend history: last 12 payments
| Ex-dividend date | Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | $1.0890 | +0.0% |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $1.0890 | +0.0% |
| Apr 24, 2026 | $1.0890 | +3.0% |
| Jan 23, 2026 | $1.0570 | +0.0% |
| Oct 24, 2025 | $1.0570 | +0.0% |
| Jul 18, 2025 | $1.0570 | +0.0% |
| Apr 21, 2025 | $1.0570 | +5.0% |
| Jan 24, 2025 | $1.0070 | +0.0% |
| Oct 18, 2024 | $1.0070 | +0.0% |
| Jul 19, 2024 | $1.0070 | +0.0% |
| Apr 18, 2024 | $1.0070 | +7.0% |
| Jan 18, 2024 | $0.9410 | — |
Stock splits
- May 1970: 2-for-1
- February 1983: 2-for-1
- November 1989: 2-for-1
- June 1992: 2-for-1
- September 1997: 2-for-1
- June 2004: 2-for-1
One share bought before 1970 is 64 shares today.
About Procter & Gamble
| Company | The Procter & Gamble Company |
| Listed | Public since 1890 (NYSE) |
| Sector | Consumer staples |
| Dividend | Raised every year for 65+ years |
Procter & Gamble sells everyday household brands such as Tide, Pampers, Gillette, Crest and Charmin. People keep buying them in recessions, which makes P&G one of the most defensive large stocks.
P&G has paid a dividend for more than 130 years and raised it every year for more than six decades. In strong bull markets it lags; in crashes it usually falls much less than the market.
Questions about PG
How much would $10,000 invested in PG 20 years ago be worth today?
About $46,978 with dividends reinvested, invested at the November 2006 close: 369.8% in total, or 8.0% a year.
When does PG pay dividends?
In the last 12 months the payments went out in January, April, July and October, $4.32 per share in total.
Did PG beat the S&P 500?
No. Over the last 20 years it trailed by 2.6 percentage points a year: +8.0% a year for PG against +10.6% for SPY, dividends reinvested. Its worst fall was about the same as SPY's.