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After finishing at $129.76 in the prior trading day, Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) closed at $126.12, down -2.81%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.81 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.41 million shares were traded. KMB stock price reached its highest trading level at $129.711 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $125.8772.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of KMB by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 37.60 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 14.39. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.55 and its Current Ratio is at 0.83. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 5.80 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 5.36.
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 Nov 22 ’24 when Drexler Andrew sold 3,000 shares for $139.01 per share. The transaction valued at 417,036 led to the insider holds 5,053 shares of the business.
Drexler Andrew bought 5,000 shares of KMB for $416,900 on Nov 22 ’24. On Jul 29 ’24, another insider, Uribe Gonzalo, who serves as the President, Latin America of the company, sold 1,780 shares for $140.84 each. As a result, the insider received 250,695 and left with 7,377 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 43273035776 and an Enterprise Value of 48584167424. As of this moment, Kimberly-Clark’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.35, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.52. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.34. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.08 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 32.73. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.417 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.464.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KMB is 0.43, which has changed by 0.049498558 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24933672 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KMB has reached a high of $149.30, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $117.67. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -5.79%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.80%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 2.11M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1920510 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 333.52M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 333.02M. Insiders hold about 0.14% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 79.68% stake in the company. Shares short for KMB as of 1734048000 were 4245010 with a Short Ratio of 2.01, compared to 1731628800 on 3948758. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4245010 and a Short% of Float of 1.27.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, KMB’s forward annual dividend rate was 4.84, compared to 4.88 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.037299633The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.41. The current Payout Ratio is 90.65% for KMB, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-12-06 with an ex-dividend date of 1733443200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-11-03 when the company split stock in a 1043:1000 ratio.
