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 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 3.85%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 7th. View Kimberly Clark's Dividend History.

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) announced its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The company reported $1.71 earnings per share 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 net margin of 9.77% and a return on equity of 398.41%. The firm's revenue was up 5.0% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 earnings per share 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Kimberly Clark's shares. Their predictions range from $86.00 to $144.00. On average, they anticipate Kimberly Clark's share price to reach $111.3077 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% 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).

Media stories about KMB stock have been trending positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern 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 news sentiment score of 0.29 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company an impact score of 46.29 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Kimberly Clark's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA (0.03%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.02%) and CENTRAL TRUST Co (0.02%). 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, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Capital One National Association, Manning & Napier Group LLC, CENTRAL TRUST Co, Patten & Patten Inc. TN, Fox Run Management L.L.C. and Welch & Forbes LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Adams Asset Advisors LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, Highland Capital Management LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA, Mutual of Omaha Bank Wealth Management, Amalgamated Bank and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser 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 $103.90.

Kimberly Clark has a market capitalization of $36.82 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]