Procter & Gamble Co. Earnings: What to Watch on Friday

Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) will announce its fiscal first-quarter results before the market opens on Friday, Oct. 20. Here's what investors will be looking for in the consumer goods giant's operating update.

As usual, all eyes will be on P&G's organic sales growth rate as Wall Street hunts for evidence that market trends are improving at the pace management has projected. Overall growth is targeted to speed up to a 2.5% rate in fiscal 2018, which would mark the second straight year of accelerating gains.

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