Zacks Research Reduces Earnings Estimates for Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark Co. (NYSE:KMB - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Kimberly-Clark in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.90 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.97. The consensus estimate for Kimberly-Clark's current full-year earnings is $7.50 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Kimberly-Clark's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.89 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.79 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.44 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.03 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.98 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.01 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.88 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.91 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $8.23 EPS.

KMB has been the topic of several other research reports. Citigroup lowered their price objective on shares of Kimberly-Clark from $125.00 to $118.00 and set a "sell" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. TD Cowen downgraded shares of Kimberly-Clark from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $145.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of 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. Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Kimberly-Clark from $144.00 to $132.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Kimberly-Clark from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, February 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $143.64.

Kimberly-Clark Stock Performance

Shares of Kimberly-Clark stock traded up $1.31 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $140.28. The company had a trading volume of 2,316,595 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,169,741. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $130.19 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $136.48. The stock has a market cap of $46.53 billion, a PE ratio of 18.58, a P/E/G ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.05, a current ratio of 0.80 and a quick ratio of 0.54. Kimberly-Clark has a 1-year low of $118.62 and a 1-year high of $149.30.

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $1.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.50. Kimberly-Clark had a net margin of 12.69% and a return on equity of 201.43%.

Kimberly-Clark Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be issued a $1.26 dividend. This represents a $5.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.59%. This is a boost from Kimberly-Clark's previous quarterly dividend of $1.22. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. Kimberly-Clark's payout ratio is currently 64.64%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Kimberly-Clark in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Marshall Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Kimberly-Clark during the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Kimberly-Clark during the 3rd quarter worth about $29,000. Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Kimberly-Clark during the 4th quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Golden State Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Kimberly-Clark during the 4th quarter worth about $32,000. 76.29% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Kimberly-Clark Company 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.