
Personal care products include items we use every day.
Some items in this group are hair care products, deodorant, detergent, toothpaste, skin care products
Baby diapers, paper towels, etc.
Some of these products are necessities and consumers will buy them even if the economy is sluggish.
That's one of the reasons why stocks in the industry are a good choice to get out of recession.
To identify the top 10 companies in the personal care product business, I used the data monitoring list for Computerwire.
Based on their 2007 personal care product income, the following top-ranked companies were selected: Note: companies whose shares are not traded in the US are marked with N/.
Brief Overview: 1.
P & G (NYSE:PG)
Cincinnati, Ohio-
Headquartered in the world's top 500 companies, it produces various consumer goods and sells them in more than 180 countries.
P & G has many companies in the world
First-class brands such as Gillette, Olay, Pampers, Bondi, Dulak, Vex, Falgos coffee, crest, etc.
The yield of PG is 2.
P/E of 6% and 16. 4.
Total revenue for 2007 was $85. 0B.
EPS increased by 14 in the past five years. 5%. 2. Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL)
It is one of the parent companies of Unilever Group.
Another company is Unilever. V. (NYSE:UN)
Headquartered in the Netherlands.
Some of Unilever's brands include brookbond tea, pond, Ben & Jerry's, Slim Fast, Bertolli, Ragu, Lipton, Close-
Get up, pigeons, Thermasilk, etc.
UL dividend 3.
01%, P/E is 10. 98. 3.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)
It is a great American company with a wide range of products.
JNJ is also an integral part of the Dow Jones industrial average.
Some Johnson & Johnson brands, Acuvue
Aid, Nicolette, Tylenol, Lulu, shower, shower, etc. S&P has a 5-
Star rating on JNJ
In the past 52 weeks, JNJ has only dropped by 16%.
The annual dividend growth rate is 15%.
Total income was $64 in 2007. 5B. 4.
Another global health and health product manufacturer is Irving, Texas-
Based in Kimberly Clark (NYSE:KMB).
The company made a lot of paper.
The products include facial tissue, Cottenelle, curiosity, and so on.
Total revenue for 2007 was $19. 6B. The P/E is 13.
89, the yield is 4. 06%. 5. Colgate-
Palmolive (NYSE:CL)is a US-based multi-
A national company known for its Colgate toothpaste brand.
Colgate has brands such as Ajax, Colgate toothpaste, new starting point and Palmolive soap.
Similar to JNJ, CL is also 5-
S & P star stocks.
The current rate of return is 2.
55%, P/E is 17. 93.
EPS has grown at an annual rate of 8% over the past five years. 6. New York City-
Estee Lauder (NYSE:EL)
It is a manufacturer and seller of skin care products, perfumes and hair care products.
Well-known brands such as Estee Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, beauty makeup and Donna Callan.
The dividend yield of EL is 2. 03%. 7.
Glaxo incorporated in the UK (NYSE:GSK)
It is the second largest pharmaceutical company in the world, and also produces oral health products and nutritious drinks.
GSK is a multinational company selling products in more than 140 countries around the world.
GSK is an integral part of the FTSE 100 index.
Some brands of GSK include Tagamet, Flonase, Aquafresh, etc.
Other companies in the above list of Swedish Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, Huaying Co. , Ltd. and l's. A.
Do not trade in organized exchanges in the United States.