A new trading day began on Friday, with Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) stock price down -1.09% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $137.01. KMB’s price has ranged from $116.63 to $149.30 over the past 52 weeks.
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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. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 11.65%. With a float of $333.02 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 36.03%, operating margin of 17.11%, and the pretax margin is 8.7%.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Household & Personal Products Industry. The insider ownership of Kimberly-Clark Corp. is 0.14%, while institutional ownership is 79.69%. 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) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 1.51 per share, which was $0.1 lower than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.02 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.65% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.00% 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
Here are Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.55. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.25. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 15.57.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.71, a number that is poised to hit 1.51 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.63 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 2.69 million. That was better than the volume of 2.12 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 5.16%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.32.
During the past 100 days, Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s (KMB) raw stochastic average was set at 13.17%, which indicates a significant increase from 1.68% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.98% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 19.34% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $142.90, while its 200-day Moving Average is $134.05. However, in the short run, Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $136.72. Second resistance stands at $137.93. The third major resistance level sits at $138.62. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $134.82, it is likely to go to the next support level at $134.13. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $132.92.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 45.19 billion, the company has a total of 336,710K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 20,431 M while annual income is 1,764 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 4,952 M while its latest quarter income was 907,000 K.
