NYSE:KMB - Kimberly Clark Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Kimberly Clark declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $1.03 per share on Friday, January 3rd. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.86%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Kimberly Clark's Dividend History.

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company reported $1.84 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.80 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $4.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.66 billion. Kimberly Clark had a net margin of 10.96% and a return on equity of 93,800.00%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.71 earnings per share. View Kimberly Clark's Earnings History.

Kimberly Clark is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Kimberly Clark's shares. Their forecasts range from $116.00 to $155.00. On average, they anticipate Kimberly Clark's share price to reach $138.64 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Kimberly Clark.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kimberly Clark in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kimberly Clark.

Media headlines about KMB stock have been trending very positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kimberly Clark earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 8,510,000 shares, an increase of 8.4% from the November 28th total of 7,850,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,480,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.8 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Kimberly Clark's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kimberly Clark investors own include AT&T (T), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Procter & Gamble (PG), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), PepsiCo (PEP), AbbVie (ABBV), The Coca-Cola (KO), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Intel (INTC).

Kimberly Clark's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.22%), PGGM Investments (0.15%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.09%), Sabal Trust CO (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and United Services Automobile Association (0.04%). Company insiders that own Kimberly Clark stock include Aaron Powell, Achal Agarwal, Anthony J Palmer, J Scott Boston, Jeffrey P Melucci, Kimberly K Underhill, Michael T Azbell, Robert W Decherd, Sandra Macquillan and Thomas J Falk. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kimberly Clark.

KMB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, PGGM Investments, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., DNB Asset Management AS, United Services Automobile Association, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. and Rockland Trust Co.. Company insiders that have sold Kimberly Clark company stock in the last year include Aaron Powell, Achal Agarwal, Anthony J Palmer, J Scott Boston, Jeffrey P Melucci, Kimberly K Underhill, Sandra Macquillan and Thomas J Falk. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kimberly Clark.

KMB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Baxter Bros Inc., AE Wealth Management LLC, Sabal Trust CO and Windward Capital Management Co. CA. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KMB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $144.09.

Kimberly Clark has a market capitalization of $49.40 billion and generates $18.49 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.41 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.61 on an earnings per share basis. Kimberly Clark employs 41,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kimberly Clark.

The official website for Kimberly Clark is http://www.kimberly-clark.com/.

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]