On Tuesday, Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) was -0.42% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $144.14. A 52-week range for KMB has been $116.32 – $145.68.
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A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 2.03% annually for the last half of the decade. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 11.02%. With a float of $336.33 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $337.00 million.
In an organization with 41000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.98%, operating margin of 15.09%, and the pretax margin is 8.95%.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Kimberly-Clark Corp. stocks. The insider ownership of Kimberly-Clark Corp. is 0.14%, while institutional ownership is 79.55%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jul 29 ’24, was worth 250,695. In this transaction President, Latin America of this company sold 1,780 shares at a rate of $140.84, taking the stock ownership to the 7,377 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jul 29 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 1,780 for $140.81, making the entire transaction worth $250,636.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) Latest Financial update
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 6/30/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 1.74 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was better than consensus figure (set at 1.59) by 0.15. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.61 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.02% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.29% during the next five years compared to 5.26% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.58. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.38. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 16.83.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.76, a number that is poised to hit 1.70 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.64 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.31 million. That was inferior than the volume of 2.15 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 72.58%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.15.
During the past 100 days, Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s (KMB) raw stochastic average was set at 90.20%, which indicates a significant increase from 73.77% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 12.02% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 20.59% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $140.55, while its 200-day Moving Average is $129.61. However, in the short run, Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $144.64. Second resistance stands at $145.75. The third major resistance level sits at $146.58. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $142.70, it is likely to go to the next support level at $141.87. The third support level lies at $140.76 if the price breaches the second support level.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) Key Stats
There are 336,710K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 48.34 billion. As of now, sales total 20,431 M while income totals 1,764 M. Its latest quarter income was 5,029 M while its last quarter net income were 544,000 K.
