Kimberly-Clark
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)
45% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 154 | Existing positions closed: 106
6% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $33.7B [Q1] → $35.8B (+$2.08B) [Q2]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,655 [Q1] → 1,703 (+48) [Q2]
9% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $328M | Put options by funds: $301M
0.48% less ownership
Funds ownership: 77.41% [Q1] → 76.93% (-0.48%) [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
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
Deutsche Bank Steve Powers 80% 1-year accuracy 4 / 5 met price target | 3%upside $147 | Hold Maintained | 8 Oct 2024 |
Deutsche Bank Steve Powers 80% 1-year accuracy 4 / 5 met price target | 0%downside $142 | Hold Maintained | 24 Jul 2024 |
RBC Capital Nik Modi 70% 1-year accuracy 16 / 23 met price target | 16%upside $165 | Outperform Reiterated | 24 Jul 2024 |
Wells Fargo Chris Carey 100% 1-year accuracy 2 / 2 met price target | 6%downside $134 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 24 Jul 2024 |
TD Cowen Robert Moskow 83% 1-year accuracy 15 / 18 met price target | 13%upside $161 | Buy Initiated | 23 Jul 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about KMB published over the past 30 days