Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB): Price and Financial Metrics

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB): $124.23

0.24 (-0.19%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

B

Sentiment

Quality

B

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Industry: Consumer Goods

Industry

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KMB Price/Volume Stats

Current price $124.23 52-week high $147.87
Prev. close $124.47 52-week low $116.32
Day low $124.18 Volume 2,156,000
Day high $125.38 Avg. volume 2,144,502
50-day MA $122.30 Dividend yield 3.91%
200-day MA $125.48 Market Cap 41.85B

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KMB POWR Grades

  • Quality is the dimension where KMB ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 85.45% of US stocks.
  • KMB's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving down over the last 26 weeks.
  • KMB ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 17th percentile.

KMB Stock Summary

  • With a market capitalization of $41,140,939,897, KIMBERLY CLARK CORP has a greater market value than 93.69% of US stocks.
  • The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for KMB is 30.04 -- better than 99.16% of US stocks.
  • KMB's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 98.63% of US stocks.
  • Stocks that are quantitatively similar to KMB, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are GD, EVRI, ANSS, MKTX, and USM.
  • KMB's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit KIMBERLY CLARK CORP's official web site, go to www.kimberly-clark.com.

KMB Valuation Summary

  • In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, KMB's price/sales ratio is 110.53% higher, now standing at 2.
  • KMB's price/sales ratio has moved down 0.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for KMB.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
KMB 2023-12-22 2 59.7 23.1 19.2
KMB 2023-12-21 2 59.4 22.9 19.1
KMB 2023-12-20 2 59.0 22.8 19.0
KMB 2023-12-19 2 60.0 23.2 19.3
KMB 2023-12-18 2 59.9 23.1 19.2
KMB 2023-12-15 2 59.4 22.9 19.1

KMB Growth Metrics

    Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -16.33%.
  • Its 3 year price growth rate is now at 6.34%.
  • Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 17.25%.
Over the past 70 months, KMB's revenue has gone up $1.966e+09.

The table below shows KMB's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31 20,175 2,733 1,934
2022-09-30 20,176 2,804 1,784
2022-06-30 20,133 2,788 1,786
2022-03-31 19,792 2,613 1,753
2021-12-31 19,440 2,730 1,814
2021-09-30 19,311 2,555 1,996

KMB's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • KMB has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 71.88% of graded US stocks.
  • KMB's asset turnover comes in at 1.098 -- ranking 5th of 21 Business Supplies stocks.
  • SCS, MLKN, and HNI are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with KMB.

The table below shows KMB's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-09-30 1.098 0.322 0.170
2021-06-30 1.099 0.333 0.171
2021-03-31 1.119 0.351 0.199
2020-12-31 1.162 0.356 0.210
2020-09-30 1.187 0.356 0.214
2020-06-30 1.212 0.355 0.240

KMB Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of KMB, see our KMB price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $139.18 Average Broker Recommendation 1.94 (Hold)

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) Company Bio


  Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American multinational personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. The company manufactures sanitary paper products and surgical & medical instruments. Kimberly-Clark brand name products include Kleenex facial tissue, Kotex feminine hygiene products, CottonelleScott and Andrex toilet paper, Wypall utility wipes, KimWipes scientific cleaning wipes and Huggies disposable diapers and baby wipes. (Source:Wikipedia)


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KMB Price Returns

1-mo 6.06%
3-mo 5.60%
6-mo 1.12%
1-year 0.40%
3-year 6.20%
5-year 21.08%
YTD 3.25%
2023 -7.08%
2022 -1.58%
2021 9.66%
2020 0.95%
2019 24.57%

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