Exane BNP Paribas analyst Jeff Stent upgraded Colgate-Palmolive (CL) to Neutral from Underperform and raised his price target for the shares to $67 from $56. Investor interest in Colgate will continue to build with its organic sales growth trends set to improve and with a management change "seemingly close," Stent tells investors in a research note. The analyst also raised his price target for Procter & Gamble (PG) to $95 from $86 and keeps an Underperform rating on the name. The company's near-term organic growth has an "upside bias," but this is already reflect in the stock following the "recent meteoric re-rating," Stent contends. In taking his Home and Personal Care coverage to three stocks, the analyst today also initiated coverage of Kimberly-Clark (KMB) with an Outperform rating and $130 price target. Kimberly-Clark is Stent's preferred way to play the U.S. Home and Personal Care space. While the company faces structural challenges, "if ever there is a time to buy, it is now" as the input cost picture improves and industry pricing is "starting to kick in," he says.

Deutsche Bank lowered the firm's price target on Procter & Gamble to $171 from $172 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares following the fiscal Q3 report.

Raymond James raised the firm's price target on Procter & Gamble to $178 from $175 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares after fiscal Q3 EPS of $1.52 came in well above the firm's estimate and consensus. P&G continues to grow profitability ahead of peers even as top-line growth decelerates, notes the firm, which raised its FY24 EPS estimate to $6.56 from $6.44.

Evercore ISI raised the firm's price target on Procter & Gamble to $177 from $175 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. While "understandably" the focus in the earnings call was on the drivers of sales slowing to 3%, comps considered, this 3% rate already marks a rebound versus prior Q2 on a two-year stack and three-year run rate basis, says the analyst, who adds that calendar 2025 Street expectations "strike us as conservative."