Net Earnings
Fiscal year 2014 compared with fiscal year 2013
Net earnings from continuing operations increased $406
million or 4% to $11.7 billion in 2014 due to the increase in
sales and a 40-basis point expansion in net earnings margin.
The increase in net earnings margin was primarily driven by
the decrease in SG&A as a percentage of net sales and the
lower tax rate, partially offset by the gross margin
contraction and the acquisition and divestiture-driven net
reduction in other non-operating income, net.
Net earnings from discontinued operations decreased $23
million in 2014 due to ongoing impacts of prior year product
recalls in Pet Care. Net earnings attributable to Procter &
Gamble increased $331 million, or 3% to $11.6 billion