UBS Group Cuts Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) Price Target to $132.00

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB - Get Free Report) had its price target cut by research analysts at UBS Group from $151.00 to $132.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a "neutral" rating on the stock. UBS Group's target price would indicate a potential upside of 4.21% from the company's current price.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Kimberly-Clark from $175.00 to $161.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 6th. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of Kimberly-Clark from $125.00 to $118.00 and set a "sell" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Kimberly-Clark from $140.00 to $124.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Barclays upped their target price on Kimberly-Clark from $135.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, October 11th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on Kimberly-Clark from $140.00 to $130.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $144.57.

Kimberly-Clark Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:KMB traded up $1.10 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $126.66. The stock had a trading volume of 1,440,766 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,820,243. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.77, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.83. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $132.77 and its 200 day simple moving average is $138.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.43, a PEG ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.41. Kimberly-Clark has a 1-year low of $117.67 and a 1-year high of $149.30.

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 22nd. The company reported $1.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $4.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.06 billion. Kimberly-Clark had a return on equity of 198.59% and a net margin of 12.97%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.74 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Kimberly-Clark will post 7.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Kimberly-Clark

In other Kimberly-Clark news, VP Andrew Drexler sold 3,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $139.01, for a total value of $417,030.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 5,053 shares of the company's stock, valued at $702,417.53. The trade was a 37.25 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.62% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Kimberly-Clark

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 5.9% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 19,304,396 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,768,367,000 after acquiring an additional 1,083,824 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Kimberly-Clark by 3.7% during the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 10,060,744 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,431,443,000 after purchasing an additional 358,926 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 2.8% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 7,675,506 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,092,388,000 after purchasing an additional 206,671 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its stake in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 20.4% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 2,740,525 shares of the company's stock worth $358,625,000 after buying an additional 464,615 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 2,712,258 shares of the company's stock worth $385,900,000 after buying an additional 20,953 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 76.29% of the company's stock.

About Kimberly-Clark

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.

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