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

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

Kimberly Clark announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 7th will be given a dividend of $1.00 per share on Tuesday, October 2nd. This represents a $4.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 6th. View Kimberly Clark's Dividend History.

Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 24th. The company reported $1.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.02. The business earned $4.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.60 billion. Kimberly Clark had a net margin of 9.33% and a return on equity of 432.18%. The firm's revenue was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.49 EPS. View Kimberly Clark's Earnings History.

Kimberly Clark is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October, 22nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.60-6.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.79. The company issued revenue guidance of +1% to ~$18.44 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.46 billion.

13 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Kimberly Clark's shares. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $121.00. On average, they expect Kimberly Clark's stock price to reach $106.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.3%. 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 4 sell ratings and 9 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 15,172,429 shares, a decrease of 17.3% from the July 31st total of 18,350,439 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,787,675 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.4 days. Approximately 4.4% of the shares of the company 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), Bemis (BMS), Sappi (SPPJY) and Intertape Polymer Group (ITPOF).

News stories about KMB stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kimberly Clark earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Kimberly Clark.

Kimberly Clark's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.01%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.63%), Northern Trust Corp (1.57%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.38%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.26%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.26%). Company insiders that own Kimberly Clark stock include Aaron Powell, Anthony J Palmer, Jeffrey P Melucci, Kimberly K Underhill, Paz Gustavo Calvo, Robert W Decherd, Sandra Macquillan, Sergio Cruz 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 Morgan Stanley, Putnam Investments LLC, Millennium Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Nuance Investments LLC, Associated Banc Corp, Acadian Asset Management LLC and Destination Wealth Management. Company insiders that have sold Kimberly Clark company stock in the last year include Aaron Powell, Anthony J Palmer, 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, Macquarie Group Ltd., American Century Companies Inc., LSV Asset Management, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Natixis and Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc.. 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 $116.85.

Kimberly Clark has a market capitalization of $40.38 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]