A new trading day began on Friday, with Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) stock price down -2.48% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $138.15. KMB’s price has ranged from $117.67 to $149.30 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Defensive sector was 2.03%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 11.65%. With a float of $333.02 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $333.52 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 41000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. 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) Insider Activity
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 79.74%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 22 ’24, was worth 417,036. In this transaction Vice President and Controller of this company sold 3,000 shares at a rate of $139.01, taking the stock ownership to the 5,053 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 22 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 5,000 for $83.38, making the entire transaction worth $416,900.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.05 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 2.18. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 15.09.
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 7.64 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.11 million, its volume of 2.21 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 28.18%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.18.
During the past 100 days, Kimberly-Clark Corp’s (KMB) raw stochastic average was set at 21.07%, which indicates a significant increase from 18.02% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 16.72% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 19.72% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $138.11, while its 200-day Moving Average is $136.12. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $136.83 in the near term. At $138.94, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $140.10. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $133.56, it is likely to go to the next support level at $132.40. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $130.29.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 43.82 billion, the company has a total of 333,485K 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.
