Kimberly-ClarkKMB
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: 38,000
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
21% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 116 | Existing positions closed: 96
0% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,711 [Q2] → 1,707 (-4) [Q3]
1% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $36.8B [Q2] → $36.3B (-$508M) [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: 703
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
8 analyst ratings
Piper Sandler Korinne Wolfmeyer 24% 1-year accuracy 12 / 49 met price target | 19%upside $158 | Overweight Reiterated | 29 Jan 2025 |
UBS Peter Grom 27% 1-year accuracy 6 / 22 met price target | 1%upside $134 | Neutral Maintained | 29 Jan 2025 |
RBC Capital Nik Modi 28% 1-year accuracy 11 / 40 met price target | 24%upside $165 | Outperform Reiterated | 24 Jan 2025 |
Barclays Lauren Lieberman 43% 1-year accuracy 39 / 90 met price target | 1%downside $132 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 17 Jan 2025 |
JP Morgan Andrea Teixeira 38% 1-year accuracy 20 / 53 met price target | 7%downside $124 | Underweight Maintained | 16 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 23 articles about KMB published over the past 30 days









