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=**[|Procter and Gamble]**=

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 * Stock Symbol**: PG
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 * What They Produce:**

The Procter & Gamble Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of a range of branded consumer packaged goods. The company operates in five segments: Beauty, Grooming, Health Care, Fabric Care and Home Care, and Baby Care and Family Care. The Beauty segment provides antiperspirants, deodorants, cosmetics, hair care products, hair colors, personal cleansings, prestige products, professional salon products, and skin care products primarily under the Head & Shoulders, Olay, Pantene, SK-II, and Wella brand names. The Grooming segment offers blades and razors, electronic hair removal devices, hair care appliances, and pre and post shave products primarily under the Braun, Fusion, Gillette, and Mach3 brand names. The Health Care segment provides feminine care, gastrointestinal, incontinence, rapid diagnostics, respiratory, toothbrush, toothpaste, oral care, and other personal health care products, as well as vitamins/minerals/supplements primarily under the Always, Crest, Oral-B, and Vicks brand names. The Fabric Care and Home Care segment offers bleach and laundry additives, air care products, batteries, dish care items, fabric enhancers, laundry detergents, pet care products, and surface care products primarily under the Ace, Ariel, Dawn, Downy, Duracell, Febreze, Gain, Iams, and Tide brand names. The Baby Care and Family Care segment provides baby wipes, diapers and pants, paper towels, tissues, and toilet papers primarily under the Bounty, Charmin, and Pampers brand names. The company markets its products through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores, high-frequency stores, department stores, perfumeries, pharmacies, salons, and e-commerce in approximately 180 countries worldwide. The Procter & Gamble Company was founded in 1837 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Current P/E ratio and Competitors P/E:
Procter and Gamble 19.08 [|Reckitt Benckiser Group plc] 1,581.98 [|Hindustan Unilever Ltd.] 41.26 [|Dabur India Ltd.] 32.02

Dividend Information:
Div & Yield 2.25 (3.20%)

52 Week High/Low:
59.07 - 70.83

Competitors:
[|Reckitt Benckiser Group plc] [|Hindustan Unilever Ltd.] [|Dabur India Ltd.]

Company # 1

=[|Lowe's]=

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Industry:
Home improvement

What they Produce:
Copied from [|Yahoo] Lowes Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a home improvement retailer. It offers a range of products for maintenance, repair, remodeling, and home decorating. The company provides home improvement products under the categories of appliances, lawn and landscape, fashion electrical, lumber, building materials, paint, home fashions, storage and cleaning, rough plumbing, flooring, tools, seasonal living, millwork, hardware, fashion plumbing, nursery, and cabinets and countertops, as well as boards, panel products, irrigation pipe, vinyl siding, and ladders. It also offers installation services through independent contractors in various product categories. The company serves homeowners and renters consisting of do-it-yourself customers and do-it-for-me customers; and commercial business customers who work in construction, repair/remodel, commercial and residential property management, or business maintenance professions. As of August 3, 2012, it operated 1,748 stores in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company also offers its products through Lowes.com. Lowes Companies, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Current P/E ratio and Competitors P/E:
Lowe's N/A [|Kingfisher plc] 1,200.00 [|The Home Depot] 22.47 [|Rona Inc.] N/A

Dividend Information:
Div & Yield: 0.64 (1.90%)

52 Week High/Low:
22.04 - 33.63\

Competitors:
[|Kingfisher plc] [|The Home Depot] [|Rona Inc.]

Company # 2

=[|Donaldson Company, Inc.]=

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Industry:
Agriculture

What they produce:
Copied from [|yahoo] Donaldson Company, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of filtration systems and replacement parts worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Engine Products and Industrial Products. The Engine Products segment offers air filtration systems, exhaust and emissions systems, liquid filtration systems, and replacement filters. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in the construction, mining, agriculture, aerospace, defense, and truck markets, as well as to OEM dealer networks, independent distributors, private label accounts, and large equipment fleets. The Industrial Products segment provides dust, fume, and mist collectors; compressed air purification systems; air filtration systems for gas turbines; PTFE membrane-based products; and specialized air filtration systems for applications, including computer hard disk drives. This segment sells its products to various industrial end-users, OEMs of gas-fired turbines, and OEMs and end-users requiring clean air. Donaldson Company, Inc. was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Current P/E ratio and Competitors P/E:
[|Alfa Laval] N/A [|Fedders Lloyd Corporation Limited] 3.49

Dividend Information:
Div & Yield: .36 (1.10%)

52 Week High/Low:
30.51-38.81

**Competitors:**
[|Alfa Laval] [|Fedders Lloyd Corporation Limited]

Company # 3

=[|3M Co.]=

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What they produce:
Copied from [|yahoo] 3M Company operates as a diversified technology company worldwide. The companys Industrial and Transportation segment offers tapes, coated and non-woven abrasives, adhesives, specialty materials, filtration products, energy control products, closure systems for personal hygiene products, acoustic systems products, and components and products used in the automotive, marine, aircraft, and specialty vehicles. Its Health Care segment provides medical and surgical supplies, skin health and infection prevention products, inhalation and transdermal drug delivery systems, dental and orthodontic products, health information systems, and food safety products. The companys Consumer and Office segment provides office supply, stationery, construction and home improvement, home care, protective material, certain consumer retail personal safety, and consumer health care products. Its Safety, Security and Protection Services segment offers personal protection products, cleaning and protection products for commercial establishments, safety and security products, roofing granules for asphalt shingles, corrosion protection products used in the oil and gas pipeline markets, and track and trace solutions. The companys Display and Graphics offers optical film solutions for LCD electronic displays; computer screen filters; reflective sheeting for transportation safety; commercial graphics sheeting and systems; architectural surface and lighting solutions; and mobile interactive solutions. Its Electro and Communications segment provides packaging and interconnection devices; fluids used in the manufacture of computer chips, and for cooling electronics and lubricating computer hard disk drives; high-temperature and display tapes; and insulating materials, including tapes and resins. The company also offers electronic toll collection and parking management hardware and software services. 3M Company was founded in 1902 and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Current P/E ratio and Competitors P/E:
MMM- 13.96 [|Siemens AG] 15.28 [|Adani Enterprises Limited] 17.2 [|Siemens Ltd.] 31.72

Dividend Information:
2.36 (2.60%)

52 Week High/Low:
75.49 - 95.46

**Competitors:**
[|Siemens AG] [|Adani Enterprises Limited] [|Siemens Ltd]

Company # 4

[|Darden]

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What they produce:
Copied from [|yahoo] Darden Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates full service restaurants in the United States and Canada. It operates restaurants under the Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, Eddie V's Prime Seafood, and Wildfish Seafood Grille brand names. As of September 21, 2012, it owned and operated approximately 2,000 restaurants. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

Current P/E ratio and Competitors P/E:
Darden 13.84 [|Whitbread PLC] 1,493.07 [|Greene King plc]1,247.37 [|McDonald's Corp.]15.83

Dividend Information:
3.08 (3.60%)

52 Week High/Low:
83.61 - 84.71

**Competitors:**
[|Whitbread PLC] [|Greene King plc] [|McDonald's Corp.]

Company # 5