Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) is 7.72% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $117.67 and a high of $149.30 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The KMB stock was last observed hovering at around $130.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.28%.
Currently trading at $130.89, the stock is -3.76% and -4.65% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.76 million and changing 0.21% at the moment leaves the stock -3.99% off its SMA200. KMB registered 7.49% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -6.12%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $137.4968 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $136.2852.
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The stock witnessed a -0.95% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.80%, and is -5.26% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.13% over the week and 1.65% over the month.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) has around 41000 employees, a market worth around $43.65B and $20.10B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.97 and Fwd P/E is 17.14. Profit margin for the company is 12.97%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.23% and -12.33% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (31.92%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 11.67% this year
2226.0 institutions hold shares in Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB), with institutional investors hold 80.00% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 333.52M, and float is at 333.02M with Short Float at 1.26%. Institutions hold 79.86% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 31.39 million shares valued at $4.34 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.3169 of the KMB Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 30.19 million shares valued at $4.17 billion to account for 8.9603 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 18.22 million shares representing 5.4083 and valued at over $2.54 billion, while CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC holds 2.8797 of the shares totaling 9.7 million with a market value of $1.34 billion.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Drexler Andrew, the company’s Vice President and Controller. SEC filings show that Drexler Andrew sold 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 22 ’24 at a price of $139.01 per share for a total of $0.42 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 5053.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 29 ’24, Uribe Gonzalo (President, Latin America) disposed off 1,780 shares at an average price of $140.84 for $0.25 million. The insider now directly holds 7,377 shares of Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB).
