Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) kicked off on Friday, up 1.25% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $137.35. Over the past 52 weeks, KMB has traded in a range of $124.10-$150.45.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Consumer Defensive Sector giant was 1.71%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -2.66%. With a float of $331.19 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $331.87 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 38000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.45%, operating margin of 16.28%, and the pretax margin is 14.6%.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Household & Personal Products Industry. The insider ownership of Kimberly-Clark Corp is 0.19%, while institutional ownership is 80.25%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 02 ’25, was worth 95,978. In this transaction President, Int’l Personal Care of this company sold 740 shares at a rate of $129.70, taking the stock ownership to the 3,997 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Apr 29 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 2,525 for $131.01, making the entire transaction worth $330,800.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -2.66% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 3.78% 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
Take a look at Kimberly-Clark Corp’s (KMB) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.49. 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 19.29.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.34, a number that is poised to hit 1.66 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 7.64 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 2.65 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 2.27 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 83.99%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.10.
During the past 100 days, Kimberly-Clark Corp’s (KMB) raw stochastic average was set at 56.81%, which indicates a significant decrease from 97.48% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.63% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 21.52% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $137.60, while its 200-day Moving Average is $137.12. However, in the short run, Kimberly-Clark Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $139.93. Second resistance stands at $140.80. The third major resistance level sits at $142.24. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $137.62, it is likely to go to the next support level at $136.18. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $135.31.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 46.15 billion has total of 331,816K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 20,058 M in contrast with the sum of 2,545 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 4,840 M and last quarter income was 567,000 K.
