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Kimberly-Clark (KMB) Competitors

$124.04
+0.31 (+0.25%)
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Today's Range
$123.11
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$124.06
50-Day Range
$116.84
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$124.04
52-Week Range
$116.32
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$147.87
Volume
1.80 million shs
Average Volume
1.61 million shs
Market Capitalization
$41.92 billion
P/E Ratio
23.85
Dividend Yield
3.81%
Price Target
$131.93
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KMB vs. ADM, KHC, HSY, KVUE, ABEV, STZ, EL, KDP, GIS, and SYY

Should you be buying Kimberly-Clark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kimberly-Clark include Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Hershey (HSY), Kenvue (KVUE), Ambev (ABEV), Constellation Brands (STZ), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), General Mills (GIS), and Sysco (SYY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Kimberly-Clark vs.

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) and Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.

Archer-Daniels-Midland received 120 more outperform votes than Kimberly-Clark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 50.38% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kimberly-ClarkOutperform Votes
524
50.38%
Underperform Votes
516
49.62%
Archer-Daniels-MidlandOutperform Votes
644
66.94%
Underperform Votes
318
33.06%

Kimberly-Clark presently has a consensus price target of $131.93, indicating a potential upside of 6.36%. Archer-Daniels-Midland has a consensus price target of $92.90, indicating a potential upside of 23.75%. Given Archer-Daniels-Midland's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Archer-Daniels-Midland is more favorable than Kimberly-Clark.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kimberly-Clark
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.92
Archer-Daniels-Midland
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Archer-Daniels-Midland has higher revenue and earnings than Kimberly-Clark. Archer-Daniels-Midland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimberly-Clark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kimberly-Clark$20.18B2.08$1.93B$5.2023.85
Archer-Daniels-Midland$101.85B0.39$4.34B$7.1810.46

In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark and Kimberly-Clark both had 10 articles in the media. Kimberly-Clark's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's score of 0.86 indicating that Kimberly-Clark is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kimberly-Clark
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Archer-Daniels-Midland
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $4.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Kimberly-Clark pays out 90.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

74.4% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Kimberly-Clark has a net margin of 8.63% compared to Archer-Daniels-Midland's net margin of 4.05%. Kimberly-Clark's return on equity of 292.92% beat Archer-Daniels-Midland's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kimberly-Clark8.63% 292.92% 12.65%
Archer-Daniels-Midland 4.05%16.63%7.22%

Summary

Archer-Daniels-Midland beats Kimberly-Clark on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


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KMB vs. The Competition

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MetricKimberly-ClarkConverted paper & paperboard products, except containers & box IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$41.81B$9.18B$14.59B$15.78B
Dividend Yield3.81%2.94%3.02%3.74%
P/E Ratio23.8510.5518.2722.64
Price / Sales2.081.0110.375.88
Price / Cash15.709.1927.2017.36
Price / Book49.829.235.314.68
Net Income$1.93B$509.93M$663.89M$908.09M
7 Day Performance1.32%3.03%1.60%2.46%
1 Month Performance2.47%9.56%4.48%11.30%
1 Year Performance-10.07%-14.32%-6.28%2.62%

Kimberly-Clark Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADM
Archer-Daniels-Midland
2.2754 of 5 stars		$74.05
+1.2%		$92.90
+25.5%		-17.8%$39.50B$101.85B10.3142,001
KHC
Kraft Heinz
2.9401 of 5 stars		$35.12
+0.7%		$40.50
+15.3%		-10.1%$43.08B$27.16B14.5137,000Insider Selling
Options Volume
HSY
Hershey
2.7591 of 5 stars		$188.99
+0.3%		$246.05
+30.2%		-17.6%$38.65B$10.42B20.3919,865Analyst Downgrade
Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
KVUE
Kenvue
2.2985 of 5 stars		$20.16
flat		$26.92
+33.5%		N/A$38.61B$14.95B0.0022,200
ABEV
Ambev
2.1768 of 5 stars		$2.79
+1.1%		$3.30
+18.3%		-7.5%$43.94B$82.44B15.5047,108Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
STZ
Constellation Brands
2.5004 of 5 stars		$241.77
+1.6%		$277.38
+14.7%		-6.5%$44.41B$10.18B29.4510,700Positive News
EL
Estée Lauder Companies
2.8261 of 5 stars		$125.96
+2.6%		$178.54
+41.7%		-43.1%$45.07B$15.91B82.8762,000Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
2.7801 of 5 stars		$32.24
-1.0%		$37.20
+15.4%		-16.9%$45.08B$14.06B23.3628,000Short Interest ↓
GIS
General Mills
2.8772 of 5 stars		$63.42
-0.3%		$74.94
+18.2%		-24.9%$36.86B$20.09B15.4734,000Short Interest ↓
SYY
Sysco
2.6745 of 5 stars		$71.83
-0.1%		$83.30
+16.0%		-15.4%$36.23B$76.32B20.2372,000News Coverage

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