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 announced 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 3.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 7th. View Kimberly Clark's Dividend History.

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 23rd. The company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.71. The company earned $4.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $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 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Kimberly Clark's stock. Their predictions range from $86.00 to $144.00. On average, they expect Kimberly Clark's share price to reach $111.3077 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% 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 3 sell ratings, 10 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 positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Kimberly Clark earned a media sentiment score of 0.36 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company an impact score of 45.05 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Kimberly Clark's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%), CENTRAL TRUST Co (0.02%), Adams Asset Advisors LLC (0.01%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.01%) and DnB Asset Management AS (0.01%). 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, CENTRAL TRUST Co, Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Private Trust Co. NA and Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH. 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 Adams Asset Advisors LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, DnB Asset Management AS, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. and Thompson Investment Management Inc.. 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 $105.62.

Kimberly Clark has a market capitalization of $36.90 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]