A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) stock price down -0.76% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $142.56. KMB’s price has ranged from $124.10 to $150.45 over the past 52 weeks.
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A company in the Consumer Defensive sector has jumped its sales by 1.71% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 3.28%. With a float of $331.08 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $331.80 million.
In an organization with 38000 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.8%, operating margin of 16.54%, and the pretax margin is 14.81%.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) Insider and Institutional Ownership
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 0.17%, while institutional ownership is 80.59%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 28 ’25, was worth 1,528,158. In this transaction Vice President and Controller of this company sold 10,838 shares at a rate of $141.00, taking the stock ownership to the 7,720 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 28 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 10,838 for $140.97, making the entire transaction worth $1,527,790.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) Latest Financial update
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 3.28% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 4.68% during the next five years compared to 3.89% 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 0.54. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.34. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 18.67.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.55, a number that is poised to hit 1.90 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.95 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 1.99 million. That was inferior than the volume of 2.19 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 62.47%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.52.
During the past 100 days, Kimberly-Clark Corp’s (KMB) raw stochastic average was set at 65.92%, which indicates a significant increase from 63.79% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 30.05% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 19.59% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $138.64, while its 200-day Moving Average is $137.78. However, in the short run, Kimberly-Clark Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $142.56. Second resistance stands at $143.66. The third major resistance level sits at $144.25. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $140.87, it is likely to go to the next support level at $140.28. The third support level lies at $139.18 if the price breaches the second support level.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 46.92 billion, the company has a total of 331,652K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 20,058 M while annual income is 2,545 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 4,928 M while its latest quarter income was 447,000 K.
