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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 7th. View Kimberly Clark's Dividend History.

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 23rd. The company reported $1.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.71. The business earned $4.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.60 billion. Kimberly Clark had a return on equity of 398.41% and a net margin of 9.77%. The business'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 EPS. 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 EPS guidance of $6.90-7.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Kimberly Clark's stock. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $144.00. On average, they anticipate Kimberly Clark's share price to reach $109.0769 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.7% 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 4 sell ratings, 9 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).

Headlines about KMB stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Kimberly Clark earned a news impact score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company an impact score of 47.08 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Kimberly Clark's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), Huntington National Bank (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (0.04%) and Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA (0.03%). 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 Reilly Financial Advisors LLC, Hartford Investment Management Co., Exane Derivatives, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Argus Investors Counsel Inc., Capital One National Association, Manning & Napier Group LLC and CENTRAL TRUST Co. 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 Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Adams Asset Advisors LLC, Whittier Trust Co., Atwood & Palmer Inc., Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., Calamos Advisors LLC, GWM Advisors LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KMB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $104.18.

Kimberly Clark has a market capitalization of $36.30 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]