Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE:KMB)’s traded shares stood at 0.96 million during the latest session, with the company’s beta value hitting 0.41. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $129.59, to imply an increase of 1.82% or $2.32 in intraday trading. The KMB share’s 52-week high remains $147.87, putting it -14.11% down since that peak but still an impressive 10.24% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $116.32. The company has a valuation of $43.66B, with an average of 2.43 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 2.09 million shares over the past 3 months.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE:KMB) trade information
After registering a 1.82% upside in the latest session, Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 129.97, jumping 1.82% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is 3.83%, and 6.90% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 6.65%. Short interest in Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE:KMB) saw shorts transact 5.36 million shares and set a 2.43 days time to cover.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) estimates and forecasts
Looking at statistics comparing Kimberly-Clark Corp. share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has underperformed competitors. Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) shares are 6.52% up over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate lower than industry average at 3.96% against 6.40%. Revenue is forecast to shrink -3.60% this quarter before jumping 1.80% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 0.10% compared to the previous financial year.
Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 10 analysts is $5.08 billion. Meanwhile, for the quarter ending Jun 2024, a total of 10 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to $5.09 billion.
An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings grew an estimated 5.26% for the past 5-year period. While 2024 is set for a 5.07% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 5.05% annually.
KMB Dividends
Kimberly-Clark Corp. has its next earnings report out between April 23 and April 29. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Kimberly-Clark Corp. has a forward dividend ratio of 4.76, with the share yield ticking at 3.67% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 0.00%.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE:KMB)’s Major holders
Kimberly-Clark Corp. insiders hold 0.17% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 78.84% of the shares at 78.97% float percentage. In total, 78.84% institutions holds shares in the company, led by Blackrock Inc. As of Dec 30, 2023, the company held over 31.05 million shares (or 9.22% of shares), all amounting to roughly $4.01 billion.
The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is Vanguard Group Inc with 30.15 million shares, or about 8.95% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on Dec 30, 2023, these shares were worth $3.9 billion.
We also have Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) shares. Going by data provided on Dec 30, 2023, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund holds roughly 10.59 million shares. This is just over 3.14% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $1.37 billion. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 8.25 million, or 2.45% of the shares, all valued at about 1.07 billion.
