NYSE: KMB - Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Yield per half year: +8.95%
Sector: Consumer Staples

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Dividends (3.62%) are higher than the sector average (2.88%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (14.09%) is higher than the sector average (-82.66%).
  • Current debt level 46.78% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 51.38%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=192.57%) is higher than the sector average (ROE=57.61%)

Disadvantages

  • Price (136.62 $) is higher than fair price (51.91 $)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.2. News

2.3. Market efficiency

Kimberly-Clark Corporation Consumer Staples Index
7 days -3% -77.6% 2.9%
90 days -3.5% -83.5% 4%
1 year 14.1% -82.7% 34.3%

KMB vs Sector: Kimberly-Clark Corporation has outperformed the "Consumer Staples" sector by 96.74% over the past year.

KMB vs Market: Kimberly-Clark Corporation has significantly underperformed the market by -20.2% over the past year.

Stable price: KMB is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: KMB with weekly volatility of 0.2709% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 23.11
P/S: 1.99
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3.2. Revenue

EPS 5.2
ROE 192.57%
ROA 10.16%
ROIC 20.42%
Ebitda margin 11.47%
More data on KMB

4. Fundamental Analysis

4.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (136.62 $) is higher than the fair price (51.91 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (136.62 $) is 62% higher than the fair price.

4.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (23.11) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (36.1).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (23.11) is lower than that of the market as a whole (47.31).

4.2.1 P/E Similar companies

4.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (38.13) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (15.73).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (38.13) is higher than that of the market as a whole (22.52).

4.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

4.4. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (1.99) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (3.59).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (1.99) is lower than that of the market as a whole (15.08).

4.4.1 P/S Similar companies

4.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (20.37) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (23.85).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (20.37) is lower than that of the market as a whole (22.73).

5. Profitability

5.1. Profitability and revenue

5.2. Earnings per share - EPS

5.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -3.69% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-3.69%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) is lower than the return for the sector (3.48%).

5.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (192.57%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (57.61%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (192.57%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (17.15%).

5.5. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (10.16%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (7.68%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (10.16%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (6.59%).

5.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (20.42%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (16.22%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (20.42%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (9.31%).

6. Finance

6.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (46.78%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 51.38% to 46.78%.

Excess of debt: The debt is not covered by net income, percentage 460.5%.

6.2. Profit growth and share price

7. Dividends

7.1. Dividend yield vs Market

High yield: The dividend yield of the company 3.62% is higher than the average for the sector '2.88%.

7.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 3.62% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.93.

Dividend growth: Company's dividend yield 3.62% has been growing over the last 5 years. Growth over 35 years.

7.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (90.12%) are at an uncomfortable level.

8. Insider trades

8.1. Insider trading

Insider Selling More insider purchases by 107.96% over the last 3 months.

8.2. Latest transactions

Transaction date Insider Type Price Volume Quantity
26.07.2024 Melucci Jeffrey P.
Chief Bus. & Transf. Officer		 Sale 142 1 448 680 10202
26.07.2024 Melucci Jeffrey P.
Chief Bus. & Transf. Officer		 Purchase 125.47 1 280 040 10202
25.07.2024 Melucci Jeffrey P.
Chief Bus. & Transf. Officer		 Sale 141.42 5 331 390 37699
25.07.2024 Melucci Jeffrey P.
Chief Bus. & Transf. Officer		 Purchase 132.63 5 000 020 37699
30.04.2024 Melucci Jeffrey P.
Chief Bus. & Transf. Officer		 Sale 135.53 1 858 660 13714

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