Reckitt Benckiser Group plc·Consumer Defensive

RBGLY, SOUHY and SUNS have been added to the Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) List on April 10, 2026.

Reckitt Benckiser remains a 'Buy' despite near-term macro uncertainty from the Iran War and weak consumer sentiment. RBGLY's core business has been doing fine, with solid growth in emerging markets offsetting lackluster performance in Europe. At a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 14.5, RBGLY trades at a significant discount to U.S. peers despite strong profitability and reasonable leverage.

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (OTCMKTS:RBGLY - Get Free Report)'s share price passed below its two hundred day moving average during trading on Thursday. The stock has a two hundred day moving average of $15.95 and traded as low as $14.11. Reckitt Benckiser Group shares last traded at $14.13, with a volume of 733,330 shares

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RBGLY) Presents at UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference Transcript

UBS maintained its 'buy' rating on Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LSE:RKT, FRA:3RB, XETRA:3RB), the consumer goods company behind brands including Dettol, Nurofen and Durex, on Friday but cut its price target by 5% to £74, arguing the market has yet to reward the group for an improved long-term earnings growth model. The note followed Thursday's results, in which Reckitt reported like-for-like (LFL) sales growth of 5.2% in the fourth quarter of 2025, a metric that strips out currency and portfolio changes, which UBS described as best in class among European peers.

Reckitt (RBGLY) is pushing deeper into a focused brand strategy as Chief Executive Officer Kris Licht continues a multiyear turnaround aimed at simplifying the
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc manufactures and sells health, hygiene, and nutrition products in the United Kingdom, the United States, China, India, and internationally. The company offers acne treatment creams, facial washes, and cleansing pads; disinfection, hygiene, and first aid products; condoms, sex toys, and lubricants; heartburn and indigestion solutions; and cough and chest congestion, multi-symptom, and sinus remedies for adults and children under the Clearasil, Dettol, Durex, Gaviscon, and Mucinex brands. It also provides analgesics; sore throat medications; and hair removal products under the Nurofen, Strepsils, and Veet brands. In addition, the company offers fragrances and devices; water softeners; home cleaning products; dish washes; toilet cleaners; disinfectants; sprays, baits, and plug-ins for pest control; stain removals; fabric washing; and other hygiene products under the Air Wick, Calgon, Cillit Bang, Finish, Harpic, Lysol, Mortein, Vanish, and Woolite brands, as well as analgesics, adult nutrition products, iron-fortified hypoallergenic baby formula, products for joint issues, and infant and toddler nutrition products, as well as vitamins, minerals, and supplements under the Biofreeze, Airborne, Mead Johnson, Move Free, Enfamil, and Nutramigen brands. Further, it provides probiotics, sore throat pain relief products, Omega products, brain health support products, cleaning and carpet cleaning products, septic tank system treatment products, cough syrups, plant-based laundry products, probiotics, and lubricants under the Digestive Advantage, Cepacol, MegaRed, Neuriva, Easy-Off, RID-X, Delsym, Botanical Origin, Bodi-Ome, and K-Y brands. The company was founded in 1819 and is headquartered in Slough, the United Kingdom.
Consumer Defensive
Household & Personal Products
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2008-10-15
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