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Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) closed the day trading at $143.52 up 0.80% from the previous closing price of $142.38. In other words, the price has increased by $0.80 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.83 million shares were traded. KMB stock price reached its highest trading level at $143.69 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $141.56.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of KMB, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 41.56 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.83. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.58 and its Current Ratio is at 0.85. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 7.01 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 6.30.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, TD Cowen on July 23, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $161.
On June 24, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $146.
BofA Securities Upgraded its Underperform to Buy on June 13, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $115 to $160.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 29 ’24 when Uribe Gonzalo sold 1,780 shares for $140.84 per share. The transaction valued at 250,695 led to the insider holds 7,377 shares of the business.
Uribe Gonzalo bought 1,780 shares of KMB for $250,636 on Jul 29 ’24. On Jul 25 ’24, another insider, Melucci Jeffrey P., who serves as the Chief Bus. & Transf. Officer of the company, sold 37,699 shares for $141.42 each. As a result, the insider received 5,331,566 and left with 19,935 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KMB now has a Market Capitalization of 48338112512 and an Enterprise Value of 55310172160. As of this moment, Kimberly-Clark’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 21.24, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 18.78. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.92. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.38 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 42.58. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.727 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.085.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, KMB has reached a high of $149.30, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $116.32. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.12%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 9.60%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, KMB traded about 2.09M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, KMB traded about 1975120 shares per day. A total of 337.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 336.33M. Insiders hold about 0.14% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 79.56% stake in the company. Shares short for KMB as of 1724976000 were 6965171 with a Short Ratio of 3.33, compared to 1722384000 on 5289009. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6965171 and a Short% of Float of 2.07.
Dividends & Splits
KMB’s forward annual dividend rate is 4.84, up from 4.8 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0337126The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.37.
