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Kimberly-Clark (KMB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$131.58 -0.76 (-0.57%)
Closing price 04/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$131.14 -0.44 (-0.34%)
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About Kimberly-Clark Stock (NYSE:KMB)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$129.84
$133.23
50-Day Range
$131.58
$147.30
52-Week Range
$124.10
$150.45
Volume
2.63 million shs
Average Volume
2.13 million shs
Market Capitalization
$43.64 billion
P/E Ratio
17.43
Dividend Yield
3.83%
Price Target
$145.08
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

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. Its Consumer Tissue segment provides facial and bathroom tissues, paper towels, napkins, and related products under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Neve, and other brand names. The company's K-C Professional segment offers wipers, tissues, towels, apparel, personal protective equipment, soaps, and sanitizers under the Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and KleenGuard brands. It also sells household use products directly to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets, as well as through other distributors and e-commerce; and away-from-home use products directly to distributors, manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, and public facilities, as well as through e-commerce. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Kimberly-Clark Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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93rd Percentile Overall Score

KMB MarketRank™: 

Kimberly-Clark scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 14th out of 153 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Kimberly-Clark has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.15, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Kimberly-Clark has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Kimberly-Clark's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Kimberly-Clark are expected to grow by 5.07% in the coming year, from $7.50 to $7.88 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Kimberly-Clark is 17.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.68.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Kimberly-Clark is 17.43, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 15.55.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Kimberly-Clark has a PEG Ratio of 4.46. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Kimberly-Clark has a P/B Ratio of 44.76. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.35% of the float of Kimberly-Clark has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Kimberly-Clark has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Kimberly-Clark has recently increased by 19.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Leadership

    Kimberly-Clark is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.65%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

  • Dividend Growth

    Kimberly-Clark has been increasing its dividend for 54 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Kimberly-Clark is 68.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Kimberly-Clark will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.96% next year. This indicates that Kimberly-Clark will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Kimberly-Clark's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.35% of the float of Kimberly-Clark has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Kimberly-Clark has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Kimberly-Clark has recently increased by 19.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Kimberly-Clark has a news sentiment score of 0.62. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.93 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 76 news articles for Kimberly-Clark this week, compared to 19 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    42 people have searched for KMB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 83% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    12 people have added Kimberly-Clark to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 71% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Kimberly-Clark insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,878,158.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.64% of the stock of Kimberly-Clark is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    76.29% of the stock of Kimberly-Clark is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Kimberly-Clark's insider trading history.
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KMB Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Kimberly-Clark's stock was trading at $131.04 at the beginning of the year. Since then, KMB stock has increased by 0.4% and is now trading at $131.58.
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Kimberly-Clark Co. (NYSE:KMB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 22nd. The company reported $1.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.89 by $0.04. The business earned $4.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.90 billion. Kimberly-Clark had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 201.43% and a net margin of 12.69%.
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The following companies are subsidiaries of Kimberly-Clark: Softex Indonesia, I-Flow Corporation, Baylis Medical Company, Jackson Safety, Colombiana Kimberly Colpapel, Kimberly-Clark of South Africa Pty Ltd., P.T. Kimberly-Clark Indonesia, and others.

Top institutional shareholders of Kimberly-Clark include GAMMA Investing LLC (0.57%), Trinity Financial Advisors LLC (0.39%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.37%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.24%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael D Hsu, Jeffrey P Melucci, Tristram Wilkinson, Andrew Drexler, Gonzalo Uribe, Sandra R Karrmann, Mark T Smucker, Paula Ramos, Katy Chen, Zackery A Hicks, Zackery A Hicks and Doug Cunningham.
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Shares of KMB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Kimberly-Clark investors own include JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPQ), Symbotic (SYM), Chevron (CVX), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Intel (INTC) and Pfizer (PFE).

Company Calendar

Record date for 4/2 Dividend
3/07/2025
Ex-Dividend for 4/2 Dividend
3/07/2025
Dividend Payable
4/02/2025
Last Earnings
4/22/2025
Today
4/26/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Converted paper & paperboard products, except containers & box
Sub-Industry
Household Products
Current Symbol
NYSE:KMB
Employees
44,000
Year Founded
1872

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$145.08
High Stock Price Target
$162.00
Low Stock Price Target
$118.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+10.3%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.15
Research Coverage
13 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
17.43
Forward P/E Ratio
17.54
P/E Growth
4.46
Net Income
$2.55 billion
Pretax Margin
14.59%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$19.75 billion
Cash Flow
$9.20 per share
Price / Cash Flow
14.30
Book Value
$2.94 per share
Price / Book
44.76

Miscellaneous

Free Float
329,629,000
Market Cap
$43.64 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.37

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This page (NYSE:KMB) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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