Company News, Financial News

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Observer questions P&G/Coty deal.

Author Image

By: TOM BRANNA

Editor

Some Wall Street types are never satisfied. For years, analysts have called Procter & Gamble too unwieldy for proper management. After watching its stock price idle for years, P&G executives saw the light and started selling non-core brands, which culminated in the $12.5 billion sale of several beauty businesses to Coty last month. But now, at least one investment house insists Procter should have spun off, not sell off, its beauty biz. According to Sanford C. Bernstein's Ali...

Continue reading this story and get 24/7 access to Happi for FREE


Already a subscriber? Sign in

Keep Up With Our Content. Subscribe To Happi Newsletters