Recent Investment Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Kimberly-Clark (KMB)

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 1/29/2025 – Kimberly-Clark had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Piper Sandler. They now have a $158.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $161.00.
• 1/29/2025 – Kimberly-Clark had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $132.00 to $134.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2025 – Kimberly-Clark was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 1/24/2025 – Kimberly-Clark had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada. They now have a $165.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/17/2025 – Kimberly-Clark had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $144.00 to $132.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/16/2025 – Kimberly-Clark had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $140.00 to $124.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/16/2025 – Kimberly-Clark had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $151.00 to $132.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/15/2025 – Kimberly-Clark had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $125.00 to $118.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock.
• 1/8/2025 – Kimberly-Clark was downgraded by analysts at TD Cowen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $145.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/7/2025 – Kimberly-Clark had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $140.00 to $130.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2025 – Kimberly-Clark had its price target lowered by analysts at Piper Sandler from $175.00 to $161.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Kimberly-Clark Stock Performance

NYSE:KMB opened at $129.93 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.54, a current ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.05. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $131.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $137.20. The stock has a market cap of $43.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.16 and a beta of 0.41. Kimberly-Clark Co. has a twelve month low of $117.67 and a twelve month high of $149.30.

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $1.50 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.50. Kimberly-Clark had a return on equity of 201.43% and a net margin of 12.69%. As a group, research analysts predict that Kimberly-Clark Co. will post 7.51 EPS for the current year.

Kimberly-Clark Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be paid a $1.26 dividend. This is a boost from Kimberly-Clark’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.22. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $5.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.88%. Kimberly-Clark’s payout ratio is presently 64.64%.

Insider Activity at Kimberly-Clark

In other news, VP Andrew Drexler sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $139.01, for a total transaction of $417,030.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 5,053 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $702,417.53. The trade was a 37.25 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Kimberly-Clark

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in KMB. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 5.9% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 19,304,396 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,768,367,000 after buying an additional 1,083,824 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 3.7% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 10,060,744 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,431,443,000 after purchasing an additional 358,926 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 7,675,506 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,092,388,000 after purchasing an additional 206,671 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its holdings in Kimberly-Clark by 20.4% in the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 2,740,525 shares of the company’s stock worth $358,625,000 after buying an additional 464,615 shares during the period. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its position in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 0.8% during the third quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 2,712,258 shares of the company’s stock worth $385,900,000 after purchasing an additional 20,953 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.29% of the company’s stock.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care and consumer tissue products in the United States. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The company’s Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Sweety, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Thinx, Poise, Depend, Plenitud, Softex, and other brand names.