Kimberly-Clark Corp Insider Sells Company Shares
Tristram Wilkinson, President, APAC, has executed a sale of 3,720 shares of Kimberly-Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) on January 26, 2024, according to a recent SEC Filing. Over the past year, the insider has sold a total of 7,154 shares of the company and has not made any purchase of shares.
Kimberly-Clark Corp is a global company that focuses on the manufacturing and marketing of products made from natural or synthetic fibers. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The company offers a portfolio of brands including Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, and Depend, among others.
The insider transaction history for Kimberly-Clark Corp indicates a trend of insider sales over the past year, with 9 insider sells and no insider buys recorded.
On the date of the insider's recent transaction, shares of Kimberly-Clark Corp were trading at $121, giving the company a market cap of $40.948 billion.
The stock's price-earnings ratio stands at 23.30, surpassing the industry median of 18.69 and also exceeding the historical median price-earnings ratio for the company.
With the current share price at $121 and a GuruFocus Value of $138.52, the price-to-GF-Value ratio is 0.87, suggesting that Kimberly-Clark Corp is modestly undervalued according to the GF Value metric.
The GF Value is calculated considering historical trading multiples such as price-earnings ratio, price-sales ratio, price-book ratio, and price-to-free cash flow, along with a GuruFocus adjustment factor based on the company's past returns and growth, and future business performance estimates provided by Morningstar analysts.
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