Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $131.45, with 3.43 million shares of worth about $451.33 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -5.75% during that period and on December 19, 2024 the price saw a gain of about 0.83%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 333.52M shares, out of which, 333.02M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 0.43% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -3.07%. Year-to-date (YTD), KMB shares are showing a performance of 8.18% which increased to 8.84% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $117.67 but also hit the highest price of $149.30 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Kimberly-Clark Corp shares is 2.13 million. The stock is currently trading -2.70% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -3.54% for SMA50 and it goes to -3.72% lower than SMA200.
Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) currently have 333.52M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 79.66% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $43.84B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.43. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 17.04, while it has posted earnings per share of $7.71 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.43 and has Quick Ratio of 0.55 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 5.80. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for KMB, volatility over the week remained 1.49% while standing at 1.58% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 11.67% while it is estimated to increase by 4.05% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 7.00% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 5.26% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by TD Cowen on July 23, 2024 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $161 to it. Coverage by Exane BNP Paribas stated Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on June 24, 2024, suggesting a price target of $146 for the stock. On June 13, 2024, BofA Securities Upgrade their recommendations, while on June 03, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $165. Stock get an Outperform rating from Evercore ISI on March 28, 2024.
