New York, February 14, 2026, 14:00 EST — Market closed.
- Procter & Gamble ended Friday lower, lagging consumer-staples peers.
- New SEC filings showed option exercises and share sales by senior executives, including executive chair Jon Moeller.
- Traders will look to Tuesday’s reopen and then a Feb. 19 investor-conference appearance for fresh signals.
Shares of The Procter & Gamble Company closed down 0.7% at $160.07 on Friday, underperforming the consumer-staples group ahead of the long weekend. The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund rose 0.3%, while Colgate-Palmolive, Kimberly-Clark and Unilever finished higher.
The timing matters. P&G is widely owned as a defensive, dividend-paying name, and bursts of insider activity can jolt sentiment even when the underlying business story hasn’t changed much.
U.S. stocks are closed on Monday for Washington’s Birthday, pushing the next session to Tuesday. That leaves a thin window for investors to digest the filings before trading resumes. (New York Stock Exchange)
In a Form 4 filing, executive chair Jon Moeller reported exercising stock options and then selling 173,268 shares in two trades dated Feb. 11 and Feb. 12, for roughly $28.1 million based on the reported prices. The filing showed he held about 319,385 shares directly after the transactions. (SEC)
A separate Form 4 showed grooming chief executive Gary A. Coombe exercised options for 36,093 shares on Feb. 12 and sold 36,093 shares at a weighted average $162.33 a share. He reported holding about 34,994 shares directly after the sale. (SEC)
Chief human resources officer Balaji Purushothaman reported exercising options for 12,827 shares on Feb. 11 and selling 12,827 shares at a weighted average $160.31, leaving about 12,639 shares directly owned. A Form 4 is the SEC disclosure insiders use to report stock trades and option exercises. (SEC)
But there’s a catch for anyone trying to read too much into it. These were paired with option exercises — a routine pattern for executives converting compensation into cash — and the filings don’t explain intent beyond the transaction codes.
The dividend calendar is also in view. P&G’s next quarterly dividend is due to be paid on Feb. 17, according to the company’s dividend history; the ex-dividend date was Jan. 23, meaning the stock has already traded without the right to that payout. (PG Investor)
Investors also have a hard date for fresh commentary: P&G said CEO Shailesh Jejurikar and CFO Andre Schulten, along with CIO Seth Cohen, are scheduled to speak at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference on Feb. 19 at 9:00 a.m. ET. (PG Investor)
For now, the market’s next read on the story comes Tuesday’s reopen, and then quickly shifts to what management says on Feb. 19 — especially around demand trends, pricing and the cadence of improvement in the months ahead.
