Kimberly Clark Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:KMB)

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. Investors of record on Friday, September 6th will be paid a dividend of $1.03 per share on Wednesday, October 2nd. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 5th. View Kimberly Clark's Dividend History.

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

Kimberly Clark is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Kimberly Clark updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.65-6.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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.

13 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Kimberly Clark's stock. Their predictions range from $100.00 to $155.00. On average, they expect Kimberly Clark's share price to reach $135.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kimberly Clark.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kimberly Clark in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kimberly Clark.

News headlines about KMB stock have trended very negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 7,620,000 shares, an increase of 20.2% from the August 30th total of 6,340,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,680,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's 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), Procter & Gamble (PG), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Verizon Communications (VZ), PepsiCo (PEP), General Electric (GE), The Coca-Cola (KO), Mcdonald's (MCD) and Intel (INTC).

Kimberly Clark's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Meyer Handelman Co. (0.13%), Sabal Trust CO (0.07%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.04%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%) and Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA (0.03%). 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 TIAA FSB, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Fulton Bank N.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Meyer Handelman Co., Rockland Trust Co., Welch & Forbes LLC and Nexus Investment Management Inc.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., DNB Asset Management AS, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., North Star Investment Management Corp., Pacer Advisors Inc., Polaris Greystone Financial Group LLC, Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA and Lucia Wealth Services 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KMB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $134.70.

Kimberly Clark has a market capitalization of $46.36 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]