Market Update: Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) – Kimberly-Clark Announces Year-End 2015 Results And 2016 Outlook

[PR Newswire] – DALLAS, Jan. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) today reported year-end 2015 results and provided its 2016 outlook and related key planning assumptions. Executive Summary Fourth … Read more on this. Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) , with a current value of $45.06B, began trading this morning at $123.32. Today, shares have traded between $121.50 and $124.81 per share with a one year range of $103.04 to $130.05. Kimberly Clark (KMB) shares are currently priced at 22.00x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry ’s 16.81x earnings multiple for the same period. And for passive income investors, the company pays shareholders $3.52 per share annually in dividends, yielding 2.78%. In a review of the consensus earnings estimate this quarter, 13 sell-side analysts are looking at $1.43 per share, which would be $0.08 better than the year-ago quarter and a $0.00 sequential decrease. In looking at the bigger picture, the full-year EPS estimate of $5.76 would be a $0.25 improvement when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is based on a consensus revenue forecast of the current quarter of $4.57 Billion. If realized, that would be a 5.38% decrease over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Societe Generale upgraded KMB from Hold to Buy (Oct 23, 2015). Previously, Deutsche Bank upgraded KMB from Hold to Buy. The average price target for KMB shares by the analysts covering it is $131.64, which is 6.75% above where the stock opened. See more in (NYSE:KMB) Similar Articles: Stock Update: Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) – Kimberly-Clark Announces Third Quarter 2015 Results Company Update: Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) – Kimberly-Clark Receives U.S. EPA 2015 SmartWay® Excellence Award Company Update: Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) – Kimberly-Clark to Webcast Presentation and Q&A at Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference