Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) kicked off on May 19, 2023, at the price of $144.07, up 0.86% from the previous trading day. During the day, the shares moved up to $145.28 and dropped to $143.45 before settling in for the closing price of $143.80. Over the past 52 weeks, KMB has traded in a range of $108.74-$147.87.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 1.90%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 6.80%. With a float of $336.94 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $337.50 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 44000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is +30.83, operating margin of +13.08, and the pretax margin is +11.60.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Household & Personal Products Industry. The insider ownership of Kimberly-Clark Corporation is 0.24%, while institutional ownership is 77.40%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 02, was worth 218,798. In this transaction President, EMEA of this company sold 1,504 shares at a rate of $145.48, taking the stock ownership to the 0 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 27, when Company’s Vice President and Controller sold 7,970 for $145.12, making the entire transaction worth $1,156,610. This insider now owns 4,889 shares in total.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) Recent Fiscal highlights
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 3/30/2023, the organization reported $1.67 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at $1.32) by $0.35. This company achieved a net margin of +9.59 while generating a return on equity of 364.56. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.54 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.80% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 9.19% during the next five years compared to -1.60% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s (KMB) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.50. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.39. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 64.43.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.84, a number that is poised to hit 1.45 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.07 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)
Looking closely at Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB), its last 5-days average volume was 1.55 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.7 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 63.76%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.89.
During the past 100 days, Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s (KMB) raw stochastic average was set at 89.04%, which indicates a significant increase from 56.26% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 8.35% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 15.43% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $137.26, while its 200-day Moving Average is $130.55. However, in the short run, Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $145.72. Second resistance stands at $146.42. The third major resistance level sits at $147.55. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $143.89, it is likely to go to the next support level at $142.76. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $142.06.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 48.52 billion has total of 337,380K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 20,175 M in contrast with the sum of 1,934 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 5,195 M and last quarter income was 566,000 K.
