NYSE:KMB - Kimberly Clark Stock Price, Price Target & More

Kimberly Clark trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KMB."

Kimberly Clark declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 8th will be paid a dividend of $1.00 per share on Tuesday, July 3rd. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 7th. View Kimberly Clark's Dividend History.

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The company reported $1.71 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.71. The firm earned $4.73 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.60 billion. Kimberly Clark had a net margin of 9.77% and a return on equity of 398.41%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.57 earnings per share. View Kimberly Clark's Earnings History.

Kimberly Clark is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.90-7.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.94. The company issued revenue guidance of +2-3% to ~$18.62-18.81 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.61 billion.

14 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Kimberly Clark's shares. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $144.00. On average, they expect Kimberly Clark's share price to reach $109.0769 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Kimberly Clark.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kimberly Clark in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to Kimberly Clark include Avery Dennison (AVY), NIKON Corp/ADR (NINOY), Bemis (BMS), Sappi (SPPJY) and Intertape Polymer Group (ITPOF).

News coverage about KMB stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kimberly Clark earned a media sentiment score of 0.06 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company an impact score of 47.27 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Kimberly Clark's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), Huntington National Bank (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (0.04%) and Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA (0.03%). Company insiders that own Kimberly Clark stock include Anthony J Palmer, Jeffrey P Melucci, Kimberly K Underhill, Lizanne C Gottung, Paz Gustavo Calvo, Robert W Decherd, Sandra Macquillan, Sergio Cruz, Thomas J Falk and Thomas J Mielke. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kimberly Clark.

KMB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, Hartford Investment Management Co., Exane Derivatives, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Argus Investors Counsel Inc., Capital One National Association, Manning & Napier Group LLC and Asset Advisors Corp. Company insiders that have sold Kimberly Clark company stock in the last year include Jeffrey P Melucci, Kimberly K Underhill and Sandra Macquillan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kimberly Clark.

KMB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Adams Asset Advisors LLC, TIAA FSB, Whittier Trust Co., Atwood & Palmer Inc., Rossmore Private Capital, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. and Calamos Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kimberly Clark.

Shares of KMB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KMB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $104.68.

Kimberly Clark has a market capitalization of $36.57 billion and generates $18.26 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.28 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.23 on an earnings per share basis. Kimberly Clark employs 42,000 workers across the globe.

Kimberly Clark's mailing address is P O BOX 619100 DFW AIRPORT STATION, DALLAS TX, 75261. The company can be reached via phone at 972-281-1200 or via email at [email protected]