Kimberly-ClarkKMB
Market Cap: $49.5B
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)
34% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 150 | Existing positions closed: 112
12% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $327M | Put options by funds: $292M
6% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $33.7B [Q1] → $35.8B (+$2.07B) [Q2]
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,651 [Q1] → 1,689 (+38) [Q2]
0.51% less ownership
Funds ownership: 77.41% [Q1] → 76.9% (-0.51%) [Q2]
23% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 546 | Existing positions reduced: 709
27% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q1] → 8 (-3) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
11 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
11 analyst ratings
Deutsche Bank Steve Powers 93% 1-year accuracy 13 / 14 met price target | 3%downside $142 | Hold Maintained | 24 Jul 2024 |
RBC Capital Nik Modi 58% 1-year accuracy 22 / 38 met price target | 12%upside $165 | Outperform Reiterated | 24 Jul 2024 |
Wells Fargo Chris Carey 52% 1-year accuracy 12 / 23 met price target | 9%downside $134 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 24 Jul 2024 |
TD Cowen Robert Moskow 75% 1-year accuracy 21 / 28 met price target | 10%upside $161 | Buy Initiated | 23 Jul 2024 |
JP Morgan Andrea Teixeira 53% 1-year accuracy 32 / 60 met price target | 8%downside $135 | Underweight Maintained | 22 Jul 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about KMB published over the past 30 days