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CLAIM #49016 · Procter & Gamble Company (PG) · 2024Q1 earnings call · Oct 18, 2023 · due Jun 30, 2024

But I want you to take away that the gross margin expansion in quarter one is very strong, but we have headwinds going into the balance of the year.

Andre Schulten · CFO

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the gross margin expansion in quarter one is very strong, but we have headwinds going into the balance of the year
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Core gross margin improved 360 basis points and core operating margin increased 170 basis points.

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f the gross margin expansion we saw in quarter one. And we expect some normalization of gross margin. We were certainly benefiting from a high price contribution in quarter one. And as we said, that price contribution will ease over the coming quarters. The biggest part of the commodity help, about 33% of the $800 million after-tax commodity help has materialized in quarter one. So that's a positive to gross margin relative to the balance of the year. And the foreign exchange rate headwinds will accelerate over the coming quarters. On the other hand, we will accelerate and continue to drive strong productivity. We will continue to drive trade-up and innovation. And we continue to drive every other element of productivity, not only in gross margin, but across the P&L and the balance sheet. But I want you to take away that the gross margin expansion in quarter one is very strong, but we have headwinds going into the balance of the year. Operator: The next question comes from Peter Grom of UBS. Please go ahead. Peter Grom: Thanks, operator. And good morning, Andre. Hope you are doing well. So I wanted to ask specifically on Latin America, 19% growth in the quarter, very strong. And you may have alluded to this, but are you already seeing a return to volume growth in the region? And then just thinking through the performance in the quarter, can you maybe just unpack what you're seeing in terms of broader category performance versus how much of this growth is a function of share gains? Thanks. Andre Schulten: Good morning, Peter. Look, the Latin America business is on fire. And I think it is on fire because we've chosen maybe opposite to the market to double down on superiority. When we saw the need to price for foreign exc

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