On Tuesday, Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) opened lower -0.84% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $133.26. Price fluctuations for KMB have ranged from $117.67 to $149.30 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 2.03%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 11.65% at the time writing. With a float of $333.01 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $337.00 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 41000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 36.03%, operating margin of 17.11%, and the pretax margin is 15.23%.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Household & Personal Products industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Kimberly-Clark Corp is 0.14%, while institutional ownership is 79.95%. 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) Recent Fiscal highlights
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
Check out the current performance indicators for Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.55. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.19. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 15.18.
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)
Looking closely at Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB), its last 5-days average volume was 1.98 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 2.11 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 39.77%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.18.
During the past 100 days, Kimberly-Clark Corp’s (KMB) raw stochastic average was set at 6.99%, which indicates a significant decrease from 18.56% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 13.31% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 18.87% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $140.40, while its 200-day Moving Average is $134.73. However, in the short run, Kimberly-Clark Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $133.58. Second resistance stands at $135.02. The third major resistance level sits at $135.80. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $131.36, it is likely to go to the next support level at $130.58. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $129.14.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) Key Stats
There are currently 333,485K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 44.07 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 20,431 M according to its annual income of 1,764 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 4,952 M and its income totaled 907,000 K.
