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 given a dividend of $1.00 per share on Tuesday, July 3rd. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 7th. View Kimberly Clark's Dividend History.

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) posted its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The company reported $1.71 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.71. The business had revenue of $4.73 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.60 billion. Kimberly Clark had a return on equity of 398.41% and a net margin of 9.77%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business 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 updated 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 EPS 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Kimberly Clark's stock. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $144.00. On average, they expect Kimberly Clark's stock price to reach $113.0769 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Kimberly Clark.

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 stories about KMB stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Kimberly Clark earned a coverage optimism score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company an impact score of 46.00 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Kimberly Clark's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.14%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.64%), Northern Trust Corp (1.51%), American International Group Inc. (1.25%), Federated Investors Inc. PA (0.91%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.70%). 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 Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, BlackRock Inc., Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Sarasin & Partners LLP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Swiss National Bank, Northern Trust Corp and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Guggenheim Capital LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, CAMG Solamere Management LLC and Schroder Investment Management Group. 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 $100.97.

Kimberly Clark has a market capitalization of $34.98 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]