Kimberly-Clark (KMB)

• Market cap: $47.4B
• 1 day: 2.23%
• 5 days: 4.46%
• 1 month: 2.07%
• 3 months: 12.25%
• 6 months: -2.25%
• Year to date: 9.32%
• 1 year: 13.38%
• 5 years: 0.61%
• 10 years: 33.74%
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Household & Personal Products

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

Employees: 38,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

57% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $241M | Put options by funds: $154M

50% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 193 | Existing positions closed: 129

3.01% more ownership

Funds ownership: 75.36% [Q3] → 78.37% (+3.01%) [Q4]

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,710 [Q3] → 1,741 (+31) [Q4]

1% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $36.1B [Q3] → $36.3B (+$202M) [Q4]

8% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 612 | Existing positions reduced: 662

33% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 6 [Q3] → 4 (-2) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $131 8% downside
• Avg. target: $147 3% upside
• High target: $165 16% upside

6 analyst ratings

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

UBS Peter Grom 50% 1-year accuracy 13 / 26 met price target	2% upside $146	Neutral Maintained	17 Apr 2025
RBC Capital Nik Modi 53% 1-year accuracy 21 / 40 met price target	16% upside $165	Outperform Reiterated	17 Apr 2025
JP Morgan Andrea Teixeira 44% 1-year accuracy 28 / 64 met price target	8% downside $131	Underweight Maintained	11 Apr 2025
Wells Fargo Chris Carey 53% 1-year accuracy 27 / 51 met price target	2% downside $140	Equal-Weight Maintained	28 Mar 2025
Barclays Lauren Lieberman 52% 1-year accuracy 48 / 92 met price target	1% upside $144	Equal-Weight Maintained	27 Mar 2025