Kimberly-Clark (KMB)

• Market cap: $43.9B
• 1 day: -0.39%
• 5 days: -0.65%
• 1 month: -8.26%
• 3 months: -6.49%
• 6 months: -2.53%
• Year to date: 7.62%
• 1 year: 8.70%
• 5 years: -0.54%
• 10 years: 16.89%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Converted Paper & Paperboard Products, Except Containers & Boxes

About: With more than half of sales from personal care and another third from consumer tissue products, Kimberly-Clark sits as a leading manufacturer in the tissue and hygiene realm. Its brand mix includes Huggies, PullUps, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, and Cottonelle. The firm also operates K-C Professional, which partners with businesses to provide safety and sanitary offerings for the workplace. Kimberly-Clark generates just over of half its sales in North America and more than 10% in Europe, with the rest primarily concentrated in Asia and Latin America.

Employees: 41,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

46% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 156 | Existing positions closed: 107

6% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $34.4B [Q1] → $36.5B (+$2.16B) [Q2]

3% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,656 [Q1] → 1,705 (+49) [Q2]

9% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $328M | Put options by funds: $301M

0.39% less ownership

Funds ownership: 78.89% [Q1] → 78.5% (-0.39%) [Q2]

24% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 547 | Existing positions reduced: 716

27% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q1] → 8 (-3) [Q2]

Research analyst outlook

6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $140 6% upside
• Avg. target: $148 13% upside
• High target: $165 25% upside

6 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 17%
• neutral: 3 50%
• negative: 2 33%

RBC Capital Nik Modi 38% 1-year accuracy 14 / 37 met price target	25% upside $165	Outperform Reiterated	23 Oct 2024
JP Morgan Andrea Teixeira 46% 1-year accuracy 24 / 52 met price target	6% upside $140	Underweight Maintained	23 Oct 2024
UBS Peter Grom 31% 1-year accuracy 4 / 13 met price target	15% upside $151	Neutral Maintained	23 Oct 2024
Barclays Lauren Lieberman 41% 1-year accuracy 24 / 59 met price target	9% upside $144	Equal-Weight Maintained	11 Oct 2024
JP Morgan Andrea Teixeira 46% 1-year accuracy 24 / 52 met price target	8% upside $142	Underweight Maintained	11 Oct 2024