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

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

Kimberly Clark declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 6th will be given a dividend of $1.03 per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a $4.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 5th. View Kimberly Clark's Dividend History.

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The company reported $1.67 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.03. The company earned $4.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.60 billion. Kimberly Clark had a return on equity of 27,094.12% and a net margin of 9.80%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.59 EPS. View Kimberly Clark's Earnings History.

Kimberly Clark is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 22nd at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Kimberly Clark updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.65-6.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.75. The company issued revenue guidance of 0-(1%) to ~$18.30-18.46 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.46 billion.

14 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Kimberly Clark's stock. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $152.00. On average, they anticipate Kimberly Clark's share price to reach $128.8571 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Kimberly Clark.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kimberly Clark in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kimberly Clark.

News stories about KMB stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kimberly Clark earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,752,800 shares, a decrease of 5.3% from the June 30th total of 7,131,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Kimberly Clark's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Kimberly Clark include Avery Dennison (AVY), NIKON CORP/ADR (NINOY), Sappi (SPPJY), Intertape Polymer Group (ITPOF) and IT Tech Packaging Inc (NYSEAMERICAN) (ITP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kimberly Clark investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Procter & Gamble (PG), Verizon Communications (VZ), PepsiCo (PEP), General Electric (GE), Chevron (CVX), The Coca-Cola (KO) and Mcdonald's (MCD).

Kimberly Clark's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.23%), BlackRock Inc. (7.25%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.86%), Northern Trust Corp (1.49%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.31%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.29%). 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Schroder Investment Management Group, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, AXA, Kiltearn Partners LLP, Morgan Stanley, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ . 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, Michael T Azbell, Sandra Macquillan and Thomas J Falk. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kimberly Clark.

KMB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., AQR Capital Management LLC, Suvretta Capital Management LLC, Holocene Advisors LP, Balyasny Asset Management LLC and BlackRock 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 $141.78.

Kimberly Clark has a market capitalization of $48.79 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]