Schroder Investment Management Group Has $60.62 Million Position in Kimberly-Clark Co. (NYSE:KMB)

Schroder Investment Management Group raised its holdings in Kimberly-Clark Co. (NYSE:KMB - Free Report) by 2.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 464,053 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 12,768 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group owned about 0.14% of Kimberly-Clark worth $60,615,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. boosted its position in Kimberly-Clark by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 1,637 shares of the company's stock valued at $208,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. YHB Investment Advisors Inc. raised its position in Kimberly-Clark by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. YHB Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 2,519 shares of the company's stock worth $330,000 after acquiring an additional 83 shares in the last quarter. Ascent Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Ascent Wealth Partners LLC now owns 9,321 shares of the company's stock worth $1,221,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. Silver Lake Advisory LLC raised its holdings in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Silver Lake Advisory LLC now owns 11,896 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,559,000 after purchasing an additional 95 shares during the period. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB lifted its stake in Kimberly-Clark by 5.9% in the 4th quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 1,727 shares of the company's stock valued at $226,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 76.29% of the company's stock.

Kimberly-Clark Price Performance

Kimberly-Clark stock traded down $7.46 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $137.76. 2,554,875 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,140,046. The firm has a market cap of $45.69 billion, a PE ratio of 18.25, a PEG ratio of 4.46 and a beta of 0.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.05, a current ratio of 0.80 and a quick ratio of 0.54. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $137.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of $135.95. Kimberly-Clark Co. has a 12 month low of $123.84 and a 12 month high of $150.45.

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.50. Kimberly-Clark had a return on equity of 201.43% and a net margin of 12.69%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Kimberly-Clark Co. will post 7.5 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Kimberly-Clark Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th were given a dividend of $1.26 per share. This is a positive change from Kimberly-Clark's previous quarterly dividend of $1.22. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. This represents a $5.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.66%. Kimberly-Clark's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 66.75%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Kimberly-Clark news, VP Andrew Drexler sold 10,838 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, February 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $141.00, for a total transaction of $1,528,158.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 7,720 shares in the company, valued at $1,088,520. This represents a 58.40 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.64% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Citigroup lowered their price target on Kimberly-Clark from $125.00 to $118.00 and set a "sell" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Kimberly-Clark from $132.00 to $134.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Kimberly-Clark from $138.00 to $144.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 27th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $165.00 price target on shares of Kimberly-Clark in a research note on Friday, January 24th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Kimberly-Clark from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $144.85.

Kimberly-Clark Profile

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care and consumer tissue products in the United States. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The company's Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Sweety, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Thinx, Poise, Depend, Plenitud, Softex, and other brand names.