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

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

Kimberly Clark declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 6th will be paid a dividend of $1.03 per share on Friday, January 3rd. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.86%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. View Kimberly Clark's Dividend History.

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company reported $1.84 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.80 by $0.04. The business earned $4.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.66 billion. Kimberly Clark had a return on equity of 93,800.00% and a net margin of 10.96%. Kimberly Clark's revenue was up 1.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.71 earnings per share. View Kimberly Clark's Earnings History.

Kimberly Clark is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 23rd 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 issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 22nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.75-6.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.82.

12 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Kimberly Clark's shares. Their forecasts range from $116.00 to $155.00. On average, they anticipate Kimberly Clark's share price to reach $138.55 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Kimberly Clark.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kimberly Clark in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Kimberly Clark.

Media coverage about KMB stock has been trending very negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kimberly Clark earned a coverage optimism score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 8,510,000 shares, an increase of 8.4% from the November 28th total of 7,850,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.8 days. Approximately 2.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Kimberly Clark's Current Options Chain.

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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), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), PepsiCo (PEP), The Coca-Cola (KO), AbbVie (ABBV), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Intel (INTC).

Kimberly Clark's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.22%), PGGM Investments (0.15%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.09%), Sabal Trust CO (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and United Services Automobile Association (0.04%). 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 PGGM Investments, DNB Asset Management AS, United Services Automobile Association, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Rockland Trust Co., Boston Trust Walden Corp, Patten & Patten Inc. TN and Huntington National Bank. 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, Sandra Macquillan and Thomas J Falk. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kimberly Clark.

KMB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Baxter Bros Inc., AE Wealth Management LLC, Sabal Trust CO, Windward Capital Management Co. CA and Diversified Trust Co. 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 $143.88.

Kimberly Clark has a market capitalization of $49.32 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]