Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) Stock

About Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is led by CEO Michael D. Hsu, employs 38,000 people, headquartered in Dallas, US, publicly traded since 1980.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) stock trades at $97.94 with a market capitalization of $32.51B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.74, price-to-book of 18.71, price-to-sales of 1.97. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $92.42 and $125.32, and currently trades 21.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 5.20%.

On profitability, Kimberly-Clark Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 122.57% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 17.73%, an operating margin of 13.27%, a net profit margin of 11.80%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Kimberly-Clark Corporation reported annual revenue of $17.2B, net profit of $2.0B, revenue has compounded at -2.1% a year over the last five years, profit at -3.0% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.72 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 0.75, total assets of $17.2B, $688.0M in cash and equivalents.

KMB has a beta of 0.27 (less volatile than the overall market).