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Kimberly-Clark Corp.: Buy, Hold, or Sell? Analysts Weigh In Amid Market Challenges

Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s market performance has been unstable in recent times. The company’s stock hit a 1-year high of $147.87 on 04/25/23 and a low of $116.32 for the same time frame on 10/06/23.

52-week price history of KMB Stock

Studying a stock’s 52-week price history, which includes both low and high prices, can help gauge its current status and potential future performance. Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s current trading price is -14.74% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 8.39%. The stock’s price range during the 52-week period has remained between $116.32 and $147.87. In the Consumer Defensive sector, the company’s shares saw a trading volume of around 1.99 million for the day, which was evidently lower than the average daily volume of 2.14 million over the past three months.

Market Capitalization and Financial Performance: An In-Depth Look

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) has experienced a quarterly rise of 2.28% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 42.48B and boasts a workforce of 41000 employees.

Making Sense of Trading Volume and Moving Average Data

Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 122.74, with a change in price of +4.53. Similarly, Kimberly-Clark Corp. recorded 2,003,660 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +3.73%.

Examining KMB’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio: What You Need to Know

The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio is a crucial measure that sheds light on a company’s financial health and market standing. It is determined by dividing a company’s overall liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, showing the extent of a company’s debt usage in financing its assets compared to the shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for KMB stands at 9.25. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 8.48.

KMB Stock Stochastic Average

As of today, Kimberly-Clark Corp.’s raw stochastic average for the last 50 days stands at 68.37%. This is a rise compared to the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was noted at 44.03%. Furthermore, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the past 20 days were 58.13% and 56.67%, respectively.

KMB Stock Price Performance Analysis

Depending on how one views it, the stock price performance for the year has been a mixed bag, resulting in either an optimistic or pessimistic outlook. This year’s metric has recorded a Price increase of 3.76%. However, over the past six months, we’ve seen a weaker performance of 5.32%. The price of KMB leaped by -0.50% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has fallen by -0.33%.