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Company snapshot — Kimberly-Clark Corporation

KMB in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Kimberly-Clark makes personal-care and tissue products sold under brands such as Huggies, Kleenex, Scott and Depend. It runs two segments, North America and International Personal Care, covering nappies, wipes, feminine and incontinence care, and paper products such as towels and tissue. It sells mainly through supermarkets, mass merchants, drugstores and warehouse clubs, alongside professional channels for offices and food service, and is based in Dallas.
Where it sits in the stack
Kimberly-Clark carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it belongs instead to the household and personal-products sleeve of the consumer-defensive sector, alongside other slow-moving branded-goods makers.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no peer group set for it, but a strategy note groups it with other consumer-staples slow-compounders such as Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson; Procter & Gamble is the competitor the market most often names alongside it.
Why Closelook tracks it
Kimberly-Clark sits in the S&P 500 but has no Rubin seat and no Closelook score yet. A strategy piece on covered calls for income lists it among dividend aristocrats used for that approach.
What the diary watches
Whether the stock stabilises after its recent pullback below its 50-day and 200-day averages, and whether further analyst target cuts follow the recent one.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for KMB, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Piper Sandler, 2026-09-11

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for KMB from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Piper Sandler — target 118 from 121 Target cut to $118 from $121 (+19.8% to spot) 2026-09-11

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Household & Personal Products · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Household & Personal Products · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against KMB on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.21%, quarterly · last 1.28 USD on 2026-09-04

Dividends and capital return

What KMB pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 5.10 USD per share · a 5.21% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +2.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 5.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.28 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-04
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.18 USD (partial) · 2024: 4.88 USD · 2025: 5.04 USD · 2026: 3.84 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-07

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)?

Kimberly-Clark Corporation trades as KMB on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is KMB in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Kimberly-Clark Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does KMB trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -8.8% vs the 50-day and -3.7% vs the 200-day average, 19.7% below the 52-week high and +7.3% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 45 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Kimberly-Clark Corporation do?

Kimberly-Clark makes personal-care and tissue products sold under brands such as Huggies, Kleenex, Scott and Depend. It runs two segments, North America and International Personal Care, covering nappies, wipes, feminine and incontinence care, and paper products such as towels and tissue. It sells mainly through supermarkets, mass merchants, drugstores and warehouse clubs, alongside professional channels for offices and food service, and is based in Dallas. The diary has no peer group set for it, but a strategy note groups it with other consumer-staples slow-compounders such as Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson; Procter & Gamble is the competitor the market most often names alongside it.

Where does Kimberly-Clark Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Kimberly-Clark carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index; it belongs instead to the household and personal-products sleeve of the consumer-defensive sector, alongside other slow-moving branded-goods makers. Kimberly-Clark sits in the S&P 500 but has no Rubin seat and no Closelook score yet. A strategy piece on covered calls for income lists it among dividend aristocrats used for that approach.

Does Kimberly-Clark Corporation pay a dividend?

Kimberly-Clark Corporation has paid 5.10 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.21% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.28 USD on 2026-09-04. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Kimberly-Clark Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Kimberly-Clark Corporation on the Closelook wire is a price target by Piper Sandler on 2026-09-11 (target 118 from 121). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Kimberly-Clark Corporation?

Kimberly-Clark Corporation appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Strategy: Covered Calls for Income — the Dividend Aristocrats Approach (2026-05-22). What Closelook said most recently: The list overlaps heavily with the consumer-staples / industrials / healthcare slow-compounders: KO, PG, JNJ, KMB, MMM, ED, ABT, MMC, EMR, ITW, and on. (Strategy, 2026-05-22). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KMB, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Strategy, “Covered Calls for Income — the Dividend Aristocrats Approach” (2026-05-22)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where KMB appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Related in the Closelook universe

then Household & Personal Products, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.