Kimberly Clark is a household & personal product company located in Texas, United States, which is part of the Consumer Defensive sector, and is traded under the ticker KMB on the NYSE exchange.
Kimberly Clark stock last closed at $128.48, up 2.48% from the previous day, and has increased 6.42% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Household & Personal Products industry by 0.17 percentage points. Kimberly Clark stock is currently +18.15% from its 52-week low of $108.74, and -11.1% from its 52-week high of $144.53.
There are currently 337.51M KMB shares outstanding. The market capitalization of KMB is $43.36B. In the last 24 hours, 1.56M KMB shares were traded.
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Out of 10 Equities analysts who give forecasts on KMB, the consensus analyst rating on Kimberly Clark is a Hold
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Steve Powers, a top 9% analyst from Deutsche Bank upgrades KMB to a hold rating and raises their KMB price target from $122.00 to $123.00, on Mar 20, 2023.
Filippo Falorni, a bottom 19% analyst from Citigroup initiates coverage on KMB with a strong sell rating and announces their KMB price target of $120.00, on Feb 17, 2023.
Lauren Lieberman, a bottom 24% analyst from Barclays maintains KMB with a hold rating and lowers their KMB price target from $146.00 to $126.00, on Jan 27, 2023.
Andrea Teixeira, a top 32% analyst from JP Morgan maintains KMB with a strong sell rating and raises their KMB price target from $124.00 to $125.00, on Jan 26, 2023.
Chris Carey, a top 22% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains KMB with a hold rating and lowers their KMB price target from $135.00 to $125.00, on Jan 26, 2023.
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Last year, KMB earnings were $1.93B. Over the past five year, KMB's earnings have increased by -2.31% per year. This was faster than the Household & Personal Products industry average of -3.01%.
Last year, KMB revenue was $20.18B. In the past five year, KMB's revenue has gone up by 1.92% per year. This was slower than the Household & Personal Products industry average of 8.49%.
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Over the last year, executives and large shareholders at KMB have sold more shares than they have bought.
Andrew Drexler, Vice President and Controller of KMB, was the latest KMB insider to sell. They sold $123,174.25 worth of KMB shares on Feb 28, 2023.
Learn more about who owns KMB shares here.
Kimberly Clark pays a dividend of 3.63%, compared to the Household & Personal Products industry's average dividend yield of 2.93%. If you owned $1,000 of KMB stock, you would have been paid $36.27 in the past year.
Kimberly Clark dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
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