Kimberly-Clark Corp [KMB] stock is trading at $141.63, up 0.60%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The KMB shares have gain 5.67% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.11%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Kimberly-Clark Corp [NYSE: KMB] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 08, 2025, when TD Cowen downgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $145 for it. Previously, TD Cowen started tracking the stock with Buy rating on July 23, 2024, and set its price target to $161. On June 24, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $146 on the stock. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $160 on June 13, 2024. RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its rating to a Outperform and raised its price target to $165 on June 03, 2024. Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on March 28, 2024, and upped its price target to $150.
Kimberly-Clark Corp [KMB] stock has fluctuated between $124.10 and $150.45 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $146.67 within the next 12 months. Kimberly-Clark Corp [NYSE: KMB] shares were valued at $141.63 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.56% based on the average KMB price forecast.
Analyzing the KMB fundamentals
Kimberly-Clark Corp [NYSE:KMB] reported sales of 19.75B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -6.00%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.35% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.16%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.15, Equity is 2.26 and Total Capital is 0.34. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 6.58.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Kimberly-Clark Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.76. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.49 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.38, the price to book ratio is 42.69 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 19.30.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Chen Katy, President, Int’l Personal Care, that happened on May 02 ’25 when 740.0 shares were sold. Officer, Chen Katy completed a deal on Apr 29 ’25 to buy 2525.0 shares. Meanwhile, President, Int’l Personal Care Chen Katy sold 1794.0 shares on Apr 29 ’25.
