NYSE:KMB - Kimberly-Clark Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $144.17
Forecasted Upside: 6.78 %
Number of Analysts: 12
Breakdown:
1 Sell Ratings
7 Hold Ratings
4 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$135.01 As of 07/26/2021 05:00 PM ET

▼ -0.65 (-0.48%)

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Analyst Price Target for KMB

^$144.17

▲ +6.78% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 12 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Kimberly-Clark in the last 3 months. The average price target is $144.17, with a high forecast of $181.00 and a low forecast of $122.00. The average price target represents a 6.78% upside from the last price of $135.01.

Current Consensus is Hold

The current consensus among 12 contributing investment analysts is to hold stock in Kimberly-Clark. This Hold consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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0 strong buy ratings
5 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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2/1/2020

0 strong buy ratings
3 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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5/1/2020

0 strong buy ratings
3 buy ratings
5 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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7/30/2020

0 strong buy ratings
3 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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10/28/2020

0 strong buy ratings
4 buy ratings
7 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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1/26/2021

0 strong buy ratings
4 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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4/26/2021

0 strong buy ratings
4 buy ratings
7 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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6/25/2021

0 strong buy ratings
4 buy ratings
7 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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7/25/2021

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
7/26/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform	$137.00 ➝ $135.00	Low
7/19/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$150.00 ➝ $155.00	High
7/9/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$137.00 ➝ $139.00	Low
6/23/2021	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$135.00	Low
5/14/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight		Low
4/26/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform	$147.00 ➝ $137.00	Medium
4/26/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Lower Price Target	Buy	$160.00 ➝ $150.00	Medium
4/26/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$145.00 ➝ $137.00	Medium
4/1/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$146.00 ➝ $145.00	Medium
3/25/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Underweight	$144.00 ➝ $123.00	Low
3/19/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underweight	$144.00 ➝ $123.00	Medium
1/26/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform	$152.00 ➝ $147.00	High
1/26/2021	Citigroup	Lower Price Target		$127.00 ➝ $122.00	High
1/26/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$152.00 ➝ $156.00	Low
1/26/2021	Argus	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold		Low
1/22/2021	Bank of America	Lower Price Target	Buy	$165.00 ➝ $155.00	Low
1/21/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$150.00 ➝ $144.00	Low
1/19/2021	Sanford C. Bernstein	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform	$142.00	Low
12/7/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Initiated Coverage	Underweight	$130.00	Low
10/26/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$167.00	Low
10/23/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$160.00 ➝ $146.00	Medium
10/16/2020	Berenberg Bank	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$181.00	Low
10/16/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$163.00	Low
10/15/2020	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$181.00 ➝ $187.00	Medium
7/24/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$146.00 ➝ $160.00	Low
7/21/2020	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$165.00 ➝ $174.00	Low
7/16/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$151.00 ➝ $158.00	Low
4/23/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$133.00 ➝ $146.00	Medium
4/23/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$143.00 ➝ $145.00	Medium
4/22/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$149.00	Medium
4/22/2020	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Buy	$149.00 ➝ $160.00	High
4/16/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$132.00 ➝ $143.00	Medium
4/7/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$143.00	High
3/30/2020	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Hold		High
3/30/2020	Jefferies Financial Group	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$145.00 ➝ $149.00	High
3/23/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$149.00	High
3/23/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$145.00 ➝ $131.00	High
1/24/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$126.00 ➝ $132.00	High
1/24/2020	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Sell	$123.00 ➝ $135.00	Medium
1/23/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$129.00	Medium
1/21/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$139.00 ➝ $140.00	Low
12/12/2019	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$124.00 ➝ $126.00	Medium
10/23/2019	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$149.00 ➝ $139.00	Medium
10/22/2019	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Hold	$123.00 ➝ $124.00	High
10/15/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$130.00 ➝ $132.00	Medium
10/8/2019	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$147.00 ➝ $149.00	High
9/27/2019	Bank of America	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$155.00	Medium
9/23/2019	Barclays	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$144.00 ➝ $152.00	Low
7/28/2019	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
7/24/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$151.00 ➝ $152.00	Low
7/24/2019	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$145.00 ➝ $147.00	Low
7/24/2019	Atlantic Securities	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Neutral		Low
7/23/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$130.00	Low
6/19/2019	Bank of America	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$135.00 ➝ $143.00	Medium
6/18/2019	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$132.00 ➝ $145.00	Low
6/17/2019	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Sell	$113.00 ➝ $122.00	Low
4/23/2019	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$102.00 ➝ $116.00	Low
4/23/2019	Argus	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$150.00	High
4/23/2019	Macquarie	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$102.00 ➝ $142.00	High
4/16/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$105.00 ➝ $115.00	Low
2/12/2019	Exane BNP Paribas	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$130.00	Low
2/12/2019	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$113.00 ➝ $124.00	Low
2/11/2019	BNP Paribas	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$130.00	Low
1/25/2019	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$109.00	High
1/24/2019	Morgan Stanley	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight	$107.00 ➝ $113.00	Low
1/23/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$105.00	Medium
1/18/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$129.00	Medium
12/20/2018	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Sell	$107.00	High
10/24/2018	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$93.00 ➝ $95.00	Low
10/23/2018	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Sell	$100.00	Low
10/22/2018	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$100.00	Low
10/17/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$97.00 ➝ $105.00	Medium
10/10/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Sell	$99.00	Low
10/8/2018	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$119.00	Low
10/1/2018	Barclays	Set Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Hold	$101.00 ➝ $104.00	Medium
9/20/2018	Atlantic Securities	Initiated Coverage	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$114.00	Low
9/6/2018	Bank of America	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$110.00 ➝ $120.00	Low
8/31/2018	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight ➝ Sell	$94.00 ➝ $102.00	Low
8/16/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$103.00 ➝ $108.00	Low
8/16/2018	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Neutral	$90.00 ➝ $86.00	Medium
8/15/2018	Societe Generale	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$124.00 ➝ $116.00	High
7/19/2018	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Sell	$90.00	Low
7/13/2018	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$96.00	Low
6/21/2018	Morgan Stanley	Initiated Coverage	Underweight	$94.00	Medium
4/25/2018	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$113.00	Low
4/24/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform ➝ In-Line		Low
4/24/2018	Citigroup	Set Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$109.00 ➝ $94.00	Medium
4/24/2018	Sanford C. Bernstein	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	$115.00 ➝ $110.00	High
4/24/2018	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Price Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$104.00 ➝ $86.00	High
4/19/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$117.00 ➝ $108.00	High
3/15/2018	Barclays	Set Price Target	Hold	$119.00	Low
1/24/2018	Citigroup	Set Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$113.00 ➝ $112.00	Medium
12/13/2017	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$121.00	Low
12/11/2017	Citigroup	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Sell	$113.00	Medium
11/2/2017	Societe Generale	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$112.05 ➝ $144.00	N/A
10/27/2017	Citigroup	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$125.00 ➝ $124.00	N/A
10/26/2017	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold		N/A
10/24/2017	Bank of America	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$123.00 ➝ $120.00	N/A
10/24/2017	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$121.00 ➝ $117.00	N/A
10/24/2017	Citigroup	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$131.00 ➝ $125.00	N/A
10/20/2017	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underweight	$115.55 ➝ $100.00	N/A
10/13/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$121.00	N/A
9/15/2017	Macquarie	Initiated Coverage	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$121.00	Low
9/8/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$121.00	Medium
9/7/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$119.00	Medium
8/11/2017	Citigroup	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$132.00 ➝ $131.00	Low
7/27/2017	Berenberg Bank	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Medium
7/26/2017	Citigroup	Set Price Target	Hold	$134.00 ➝ $132.00	Medium
7/26/2017	UBS Group	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$120.00 ➝ $119.00	Low
7/26/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform	$121.00	Medium
7/12/2017	UBS Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$134.00 ➝ $120.00	Medium
7/7/2017	Citigroup	Set Price Target	Sell	$134.00	Low
7/6/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$133.00 ➝ $122.00	Low
6/19/2017	The Goldman Sachs Group	Set Price Target	Buy	$151.00 ➝ $157.00	Low
6/9/2017	Berenberg Bank	Initiated Coverage	Hold ➝ Hold	$136.00	Low
5/31/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$133.00	Medium
4/25/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Lower Price Target	Hold	$134.00 ➝ $133.00	Low
4/25/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Sector Perform	$121.00	Medium
4/23/2017	B. Riley	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$128.00	Low
4/18/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$134.00	Low
3/23/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$121.00	Low
3/21/2017	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Initiated Coverage	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$139.00	Low
3/10/2017	Societe Generale	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$139.00 ➝ $144.00	Low
2/18/2017	Barclays	Set Price Target	Hold	$135.00	N/A
1/30/2017	B. Riley	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$128.00	N/A
1/26/2017	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$111.00	N/A
1/25/2017	B. Riley	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$128.00	N/A
1/25/2017	Citigroup	Boost Price Target		$126.00	N/A
1/9/2017	Barclays	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$125.00 ➝ $109.00	N/A
1/2/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Set Price Target	Hold	$118.00	N/A
11/15/2016	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform		N/A
10/30/2016	B. Riley	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$128.00	N/A
10/27/2016	Societe Generale	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$139.00	N/A
10/25/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$132.00 ➝ $120.00	N/A
10/25/2016	UBS Group	Set Price Target	Hold	$136.00 ➝ $123.00	N/A
10/25/2016	Royal Bank of Canada	Set Price Target	Hold	$125.00 ➝ $118.00	N/A
10/25/2016	B. Riley	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$124.00 ➝ $128.00	N/A
10/25/2016	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform	$125.00 ➝ $118.00	N/A
10/25/2016	The Goldman Sachs Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$145.00	N/A
10/24/2016	Citigroup	Reiterated Rating	Neutral		N/A
10/10/2016	Atlantic Securities	Initiated Coverage	Underweight	$124.00	N/A
9/12/2016	The Goldman Sachs Group	Reiterated Rating	Conviction-Buy ➝ Buy	$154.00	N/A
7/31/2016	B. Riley	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$124.00	N/A
7/27/2016	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$135.00 ➝ $139.00	N/A
7/27/2016	UBS Group	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$134.00 ➝ $136.00	N/A
7/26/2016	B. Riley	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$124.00	N/A

(Data available from 7/26/2016 forward)

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care and consumer tissue products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Sweety, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Depend, Plenitud, Softex, Poise, and other brand names. The Consumer Tissue segment provides facial and bathroom tissues, paper towels, napkins, and related products under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Neve, and other brand names. The K-C Professional segment offers wipers, tissues, towels, apparel, soaps, and sanitizers under the Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and KleenGuard brands. The company 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 away-from-home use products directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, and public facilities, as well as through distributors and e-commerce. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Today's Range

Now: $135.01

$134.11

$136.63

50 Day Range

MA: $132.55

$128.69

$139.04

52 Week Range

Now: $135.01

$128.02

$160.16

Volume

162,031 shs

Average Volume

2,376,231 shs

Market Capitalization

$45.56 billion

P/E Ratio

20.24

Dividend Yield

3.36%

Beta

0.52

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Kimberly-Clark?

The following sell-side analysts have issued stock ratings on Kimberly-Clark in the last year: Argus, Bank of America Co., Barclays PLC, Berenberg Bank, Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Jefferies Financial Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Canada, Sanford C. Bernstein, UBS Group AG, Wells Fargo & Company, and Zacks Investment Research.
View the latest analyst ratings for KMB.

What is the current price target for Kimberly-Clark?

12 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for Kimberly-Clark in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $144.33, suggesting a possible upside of 6.4%. Berenberg Bank has the highest price target set, predicting KMB will reach $181.00 in the next twelve months. Citigroup Inc. has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $122.00 for Kimberly-Clark in the next year.
View the latest price targets for KMB.

What is the current consensus analyst rating for Kimberly-Clark?

Kimberly-Clark currently has 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Hold." A "hold" rating indicates that analysts believe investors should keep any existing positions they have in KMB, but not buy more shares or sell existing shares.
View the latest ratings for KMB.

What other companies compete with Kimberly-Clark?

Other companies that are similar to Kimberly-Clark include The Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, The Clorox, Church & Dwight, Spectrum Brands, WD-40, Central Garden & Pet, Oil-Dri Co. of America and Orchids Paper Products.

How do I contact Kimberly-Clark's investor relations team?

Kimberly-Clark's physical mailing address is P O BOX 619100 DFW AIRPORT STATION, DALLAS TX, 75261. The company's listed phone number is 972-281-1200 and its investor relations email address is [email protected] The official website for Kimberly-Clark is www.kimberly-clark.com.