Kimberly-Clark Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kimberly-Clark in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Kimberly-Clark stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KMB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Kimberly-Clark saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,900,000 shares, a decrease of 22.9% from the May 31st total of 8,950,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Kimberly-Clark is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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Kimberly-Clark Co. (NYSE:KMB) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 22nd. The company reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.71 by $0.24. The company had revenue of $4.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.77 billion. Kimberly-Clark had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 308.07% and a net margin of 10.53%. The firm's revenue was up 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.20 earnings per share.
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Kimberly-Clark's stock was trading at $134.16 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, KMB stock has increased by 1.5% and is now trading at $136.18.
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Kimberly-Clark announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 29th. Investors of record on Friday, June 4th will be paid a dividend of $1.14 per share on Friday, July 2nd. This represents a $4.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 3rd.
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Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $4.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.38%. Kimberly-Clark has been increasing its dividend for 49 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Kimberly-Clark is 58.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Kimberly-Clark will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.84% next year. This indicates that Kimberly-Clark will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Kimberly-Clark issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Friday, July, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.65-6.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.31. The company issued revenue guidance of +1-4% yr/yr to ~$19.3-19.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $19.66 billion.

12 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Kimberly-Clark's shares. Their forecasts range from $122.00 to $181.00. On average, they anticipate Kimberly-Clark's stock price to reach $144.17 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price.
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180 employees have rated Kimberly-Clark CEO Michael D. Hsu on Glassdoor.com. Michael D. Hsu has an approval rating of 93% among Kimberly-Clark's employees. This puts Michael D. Hsu in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Kimberly-Clark's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.28%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Veracity Capital LLC (0.02%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.02%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%). Company insiders that own Kimberly-Clark stock include Aaron Powell, Achal Agarwal, J Scott Boston, Jeffrey P Melucci, Kimberly K Underhill, Robert W Decherd and Tristram Wilkinson.
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KMB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Berkshire Bank, Cypress Capital Group, Raymond James Trust N.A., Cozad Asset Management Inc., Patten & Patten Inc. TN, and Physicians Financial Services Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Kimberly-Clark company stock in the last year include Aaron Powell, Kimberly K Underhill, and Tristram Wilkinson.
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KMB stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marathon Asset Management LLP, Manning & Napier Group LLC, TRH Financial LLC, CBOE Vest Financial LLC, LaFleur & Godfrey LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Brookstone Capital Management, and DAVENPORT & Co LLC.
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One share of KMB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $136.18.

Kimberly-Clark has a market capitalization of $45.86 billion and generates $19.14 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.74 on an earnings per share basis.

Kimberly-Clark employs 46,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Kimberly-Clark: Abdelia Comercial Ltda, Bacraft Industria de Papel Ltda, Badgers II LLC, Badgers LLC, Baylis Medical Company, Beco, Colombiana Kimberly Colpapel, Colombiana Kimberly Colpapel S.A, Delaware Overseas Finance, Durafab, Excell Paper Sales Company, Gerinconfort Industria e Comercio de Productos Higienicos Ltda, Hoosiers II LLC, Hoosiers LLC, Housing Horizons, I-Flow, I-Flow Corporation, Jackson Products, Jackson Safety, K-C AFC Manufacturing, K-C Advertising, K-C Antioquia Global Ltda, K-C Equipment Finance LP, K-C Guernsey I Limited, K-C Guernsey II Limited, K-C Nevada, K.C.S.A. Holdings (Pty) Limited, KCA Super Pty Limited, KCSSA East Africa Limited, KCSSA West Africa Limited, KS & J Industria e Comercio Limitada, Kalayaan Land Corporation, Kenko Industria e Comercio, Kimberly Bolivia S.A, Kimberly Clark MEA DMCC, Kimberly-Clark (China) Company Ltd, Kimberly-Clark (Cyprus) Limited, Kimberly-Clark (Hong Kong) Limited, Kimberly-Clark (Nanjing) Care Products Co. Ltd, Kimberly-Clark (Nanjing) Personal Hygienic Products Company Limited, Kimberly-Clark (Tianjin) Care Products Co., Kimberly-Clark (Trinidad) Ltd, Kimberly-Clark (Wuxi) Equipment Technology Co., Kimberly-Clark Amsterdam Holdings, Kimberly-Clark Argentina S.A, Kimberly-Clark Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Asia Pacific Headquarters Pte Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Atlantic Holding Limited, Kimberly-Clark Australia Holdings Pty Limited, Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty. Limited, Kimberly-Clark B.V, Kimberly-Clark BVBA, Kimberly-Clark Bahrain Holding Company S.P.C, Kimberly-Clark Brasil Holdings Limitada, Kimberly-Clark Brasil Industria e Comercio de Produtos de Higiene Ltda, Kimberly-Clark Brazil Holdings, Kimberly-Clark Canada Holdings ULC, Kimberly-Clark Canada International Holdings Inc, Kimberly-Clark Cayman Islands Company, Kimberly-Clark Central American Holdings, Kimberly-Clark Centro de Inovacao, Kimberly-Clark Chile S.A, Kimberly-Clark Colombia Holding Limitada, Kimberly-Clark Commercial, Kimberly-Clark Costa Rica Limitada, Kimberly-Clark Dominican Republic S.A, Kimberly-Clark Dominicana, Kimberly-Clark Dutch Holdings B.V, Kimberly-Clark EMEA GBS Services Spolka Z Ograniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia, Kimberly-Clark EMEA Holdings Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Ecuador S.A, Kimberly-Clark Ede Holdings B.V, Kimberly-Clark Europe Limited, Kimberly-Clark European Investment B.V, Kimberly-Clark European Services Limited, Kimberly-Clark Finance Limited, Kimberly-Clark Financial Services, Kimberly-Clark Germany Holding GmbH, Kimberly-Clark Global Sales, Kimberly-Clark GmbH, Kimberly-Clark Guatemala, Kimberly-Clark Hellas EPE, Kimberly-Clark Holding Limited, Kimberly-Clark Holding srl, Kimberly-Clark Holland Holdings B.V, Kimberly-Clark Hygiene Products Private Limited, Kimberly-Clark Inc, Kimberly-Clark India Private Limited, Kimberly-Clark Innovation Center, Kimberly-Clark Integrated Services Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Intercontinental Holding Ltd, Kimberly-Clark International, Kimberly-Clark International Holding Limited, Kimberly-Clark International Services Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Israel Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Israel Marketing Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Japan Godo Kaisha, Kimberly-Clark Kazakhstan Limited Liability Partnership, Kimberly-Clark LDA, Kimberly-Clark Latin America, Kimberly-Clark Latin America Investments, Kimberly-Clark Limited, Kimberly-Clark Luxembourg Finance S.a r.l, Kimberly-Clark Luxembourg Financial Holdings S.a.r.l, Kimberly-Clark Luxembourg Holdings S.a r.l, Kimberly-Clark Luxembourg International S.a.r.L, Kimberly-Clark Luxembourg S.a r.l, Kimberly-Clark Maghreb SARL, Kimberly-Clark Magyarorszag Kft, Kimberly-Clark Manufacturing (Thailand) Limited, Kimberly-Clark Mediterranean Finance Company Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Netherlands Holdings B.V, Kimberly-Clark Nicaragua & Compania Limitada, Kimberly-Clark Nicaragua Services & Compania Limitada, Kimberly-Clark Noordzee Co”peratief U.A, Kimberly-Clark North Asia (HK) Limited, Kimberly-Clark Pacific Finance Company, Kimberly-Clark Pacific Holdings Pty Limited, Kimberly-Clark Paper (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Paraguay, Kimberly-Clark Patriot Holdings, Kimberly-Clark Pennsylvania, Kimberly-Clark Pension Trusts Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Personal Hygienic Products Co. Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Peru S.R.L, Kimberly-Clark Philippines Inc, Kimberly-Clark Polska Sp. Z.o.o, Kimberly-Clark Products (M) Sdn. Bhd, Kimberly-Clark Produtos Para Saude Limitada, Kimberly-Clark Regional Services (M) Sdn. Bhd, Kimberly-Clark S.L.U, Kimberly-Clark SAS, Kimberly-Clark Services, Kimberly-Clark Services Asia-Pacific Pty Limited, Kimberly-Clark Singapore Intercontinental Pte. Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Singapore Pte. Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Southeast Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Southern Africa (Holdings) (Pty) Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Taiwan, Kimberly-Clark Thailand Limited, Kimberly-Clark Trading (M) Sdn. Bhd, Kimberly-Clark Trading Kft, Kimberly-Clark Trading and Services Limitada, Kimberly-Clark Treasury Australia Pty Limited, Kimberly-Clark Tuketim Mallari Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S, Kimberly-Clark Tulip Holdings, Kimberly-Clark U.K. Operations Limited, Kimberly-Clark Uruguay S.A, Kimberly-Clark Utrecht Holdings B.V, Kimberly-Clark Ventures, Kimberly-Clark Vietnam Holdings Pte. Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Vietnam Ltd, Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Australia Holdings Pty. Limited, Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Taiwan Investment Limited, Kimberly-Clark Zimbabwe (Private) Limited, Kimberly-Clark de Centro America, Kimberly-Clark de Honduras, Kimberly-Clark of South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Kimberly-Clark of South Africa Pty Ltd., Kimberly-Clark s.r.l, Kimberly-Clark s.r.o, Limited Liability Company Kimberly-Clark, Limited Liability Company with Foreign Investment 'Kimberly-Clark Ukraine', Microcuff GmbH, Mimo S.A, Minnetonka Overseas Investments Limited, Nueva Arizona S.A, P.T. Kimberly-Clark, P.T. Kimberly-Clark Indonesia, Papeles del Cauca S.A, Ridgeway Insurance Company Limited, Ropers II LLC, SK Corporation, Softex Indonesia, Taiwan Scott Paper Corporation, Technology Systems S.A, Texans II LLC, Three Rivers Timber Company, VOID Technologies Limited, and Yuhan-Kimberly Limited.

Kimberly-Clark was founded in 1872.

The official website for Kimberly-Clark is www.kimberly-clark.com.

Kimberly-Clark is headquartered at P O BOX 619100 DFW AIRPORT STATION, DALLAS TX, 75261.

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]