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P&G (PG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

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P&G (PG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Jan. 22, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — Shailesh Jejurikar Chief Financial Officer — Andre Schulten Senior Vice President, Investor Relations — John Chevalier Need a quote from a Motley Fool analyst?…
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  • The company is fully activated and it is working

    80% confidence
  • Mexican consumers describe the gold standard smell of clean as rich, tasty, fruity, and floral, like the scents from shampoos

    80% confidence
  • E-commerce is driving 60-80% of category growth depending on category

    80% confidence
  • Q2 was the softest quarter of the fiscal year and the company has now completed it

    80% confidence
  • Chinese parents want only the best for their baby, including softness and comfort in addition to dryness

    80% confidence
  • CEO is doubling down on the quality of brand campaign and architecture thinking in every review

    80% confidence
  • The company has begun a longer-term reinvention as the next important phase of constructive disruption

    80% confidence
  • The company has visibility to productivity components for the next two to three years

    80% confidence
  • Usage volume growth has been slow to honestly flat in H1 FY26 in US and Europe, with last quarter being flat in both regions

    80% confidence
  • Innovation approach is 'stronger core, bigger more' adjusted to retail and media landscape changes

    80% confidence
  • US category growth expectation for H2 is 2% category growth

    80% confidence
  • The company is inventing the CPG company of the future

    80% confidence
  • The company is confident the interventions and investments made now will improve near-term performance

    80% confidence
  • The company is very deliberate on consumer value and significantly improving product performance without price changes

    80% confidence

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