KMB Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Kimberly-Clark | NYSE:KMB)

With more than half of sales from personal care and another third from consumer tissue products, Kimberly-Clark sits as a leading manufacturer in the tissue and hygiene realm. Its brand mix includes Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, and Cottonelle. The firm also operates K-C Professional, which partners with businesses to provide safety and sanitary offerings for the workplace. Kimberly-Clark generates just over of half its sales in North America and more than 10% in Europe, with the rest primarily concentrated in Asia and Latin America.

Kimberly-Clark trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol KMB.

As of April 19, 2024, KMB stock price climbed to $126.83 with 4,366,780 million shares trading.

KMB has a beta of 0.36, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. KMB has a correlation of 0.08 to the broad based SPY ETF.

KMB has a market cap of $42.73 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Kimberly-Clark reported $5 billion in Revenue and $1.51 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-10 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.03.

In the last 3 years, KMB stock traded as high as $147.87 and as low as $108.74.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that KMB belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, SCHD, SPY, IVV.

KMB has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -5.1%, while the SPY ETF gained +21.2%. In the last 3 month period, KMB fell short of the market, returning +4.1%, while SPY returned +4.3%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks KMB has outperformed the stock market by returning +0.3%, while SPY returned -3.5%.

KMB support price is $124.30 and resistance is $126.93 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that KMB stock will trade within this expected range on the day.