Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, manufactures and markets personal care products in the United States.
Scored against other Consumer Defensive stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Kimberly-Clark is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- The stock has been climbing and sits near the top of its range for the year.
- Worth watching
- Its growth over the past year trails most other everyday-goods companies.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 15 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care products in the United States. It operates in two segments, North America and International Personal Care…
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Household & Personal Products
- Employees
- 36,000
- Headquarters
- Dallas, TX
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 20.8 — lower than 56% of Consumer Defensive peers
P/B 20.1 — lower than 6% of Consumer Defensive peers
P/S 2.1 — lower than 44% of Consumer Defensive peers
EV/EBITDA 11.7 — lower than 61% of Consumer Defensive peers
EV/Revenue 2.5 — lower than 50% of Consumer Defensive peers
PEG 2.2 — lower than 35% of Consumer Defensive peers
FCF yield 2.7% — higher than 22% of Consumer Defensive peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 37.6% — higher than 50% of Consumer Defensive peers
Operating margin 19.0% — higher than 56% of Consumer Defensive peers
Net margin 11.8% — higher than 67% of Consumer Defensive peers
ROE 104.9% — higher than 94% of Consumer Defensive peers
ROA 10.2% — higher than 78% of Consumer Defensive peers
Free cash flow is 56% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 3.5 — lower than 6% of Consumer Defensive peers
Current ratio 0.91 — higher than 33% of Consumer Defensive peers
Quick ratio 0.40 — higher than 50% of Consumer Defensive peers
Cash/debt 0.15 — higher than 56% of Consumer Defensive peers
Debt/EBITDA 1.88 — lower than 67% of Consumer Defensive peers
Growth
Revenue growth 0.6% YoY — higher than 17% of Consumer Defensive peers
Earnings growth -32.3% YoY — higher than 13% of Consumer Defensive peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 100.2% — atypical vs Consumer Defensive peers
Net insider buying, +11.6% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -9.7% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.7% of shares outstanding
18.3% of float sold short
Momentum
Above its 50- & 200-day averages
43% of the way from its 52-week low to high