Kimberly-Clark (KMB)

• Market cap: $42.4B
• 1 day: 0.45%
• 5 days: 1.56%
• 1 month: -2.99%
• 3 months: -12.92%
• 6 months: -11.38%
• Year to date: -2.61%
• 1 year: 3.16%
• 5 years: -11.96%
• 10 years: 8.24%
• 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 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

32% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $309M | Put options by funds: $234M

22% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 116 | Existing positions closed: 95

0% less funds holding

Funds holding: 1,709 [Q2] → 1,705 (-4) [Q3]

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $36.8B [Q2] → $36.3B (-$505M) [Q3]

3.26% less ownership

Funds ownership: 79.16% [Q2] → 75.9% (-3.26%) [Q3]

19% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 566 | Existing positions reduced: 702

25% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8 [Q2] → 6 (-2) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $118 7% downside
• Avg. target: $138 9% upside
• High target: $165 30% upside

8 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 25%
• neutral: 4 50%
• negative: 2 25%

Barclays Lauren Lieberman 36% 1-year accuracy 32 / 88 met price target	4% upside $132	Equal-Weight Maintained	17 Jan 2025
UBS Peter Grom 41% 1-year accuracy 9 / 22 met price target	4% upside $132	Neutral Maintained	16 Jan 2025
JP Morgan Andrea Teixeira 39% 1-year accuracy 21 / 54 met price target	3% downside $124	Underweight Maintained	16 Jan 2025
Citigroup Filippo Falorni 41% 1-year accuracy 7 / 17 met price target	7% downside $118	Sell Maintained	15 Jan 2025
TD Cowen Robert Moskow 50% 1-year accuracy 30 / 60 met price target	14% upside $145	Hold Downgraded	8 Jan 2025