Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care products in the United States. It operates through three segments: North America, International Personal Care, and International Family Care and Professional. The company North America segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, wipers, tissue, towels, soaps and sanitizers, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Kotex, Poise, Depend, Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Wypall, and other brand names. The International Personal Care segment provides baby and child care, adult care and feminine care, including disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, and other related products under the Huggies, Kotex, Goodfeel, Intimus, Depend and other brand names. The International Family Care and Professional segment offers facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, wipers, tissue, towels, soaps and sanitizers, and other related products under the Kleenex, Scott, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Wypall, and other brand names. It also sells household use products directly to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets, as well as through other distributors and e-commerce; and professional use products directly to distributors, manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, and public facilities, as well as through e-commerce. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Strategic Shift | Kimberly-Clark's organizational restructuring aims for consistent growth and faster innovation, positioning itself for a higher valuation multiple |
Financial Resilience | Despite challenges, KMB maintains a "GOOD" financial health score, with projected EPS growth and a 52-year streak of dividend increases |
Market Headwinds | Explore how retailer inventory destocking and pulp inflation impact KMB's performance, and the company's strategies to mitigate these challenges |
Analyst Outlook | Price targets range from $132 to $165, reflecting varied perspectives on KMB's potential amid its restructuring efforts and market dynamics |
Metrics to compare | KMB | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Consumer Non-Cyclicals sector companies | Relationship RelationshipKMBPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 18.4x | 15.2x | 12.3x | |
PEG Ratio | 2.50 | −1.46 | 0.03 | |
Price/Book | 35.5x | 2.3x | 1.5x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 2.3x | 1.6x | 0.9x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 3.2% | 9.4% | 16.6% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 26.2% | 10.9% | Unlock |