Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) is 0.56% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $124.10 and a high of $150.45 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 $130.55 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.23%.
Currently trading at $131.78, the stock is -3.86% and -5.38% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.93 million and changing 0.94% at the moment leaves the stock -4.21% off its SMA200. KMB registered -2.56% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -2.76%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $139.2712 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $137.5753.
The stock witnessed a -7.34% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 1.63%, and is -1.21% 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 1.86% over the week and 2.82% over the month.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) has around 38000 employees, a market worth around $43.73B and $19.75B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.96 and Fwd P/E is 17.25. Profit margin for the company is 12.48%. Distance from 52-week low is 6.19% and -12.41% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (32.51%).
with sales reaching $4.85B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -2.66% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -2.76% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -3.55% in year-over-year returns.
2297.0 institutions hold shares in Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB), with institutional investors hold 81.43% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 331.87M, and float is at 331.25M with Short Float at 1.35%. Institutions hold 81.27% 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 9.3114 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 8.955 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 18.22 million shares representing 5.4051 and valued at over $2.54 billion, while CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC holds 2.878 of the shares totaling 9.7 million with a market value of $1.34 billion.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) Insider Activity
Kimberly-Clark Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 29 ’25 that Chen Katy (President, Int’l Personal Care) sold a total of 1,794 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 29 ’25 and was made at $130.74 per share for $0.23 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 3098.0 shares of the KMB stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 28 ’25, Drexler Andrew (Vice President and Controller) disposed off 10,838 shares at an average price of $141.00 for $1.53 million. The insider now directly holds 7,720 shares of Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB).
