Wynn Capital LLC Makes New $448,000 Investment in Kimberly-Clark Co. (NYSE:KMB)

Wynn Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Kimberly-Clark Co. (NYSE:KMB) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 3,685 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $448,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in KMB. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Kimberly-Clark by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp now owns 16,356 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,987,000 after purchasing an additional 446 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC purchased a new position in shares of Kimberly-Clark in the 4th quarter worth about $668,000. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its holdings in Kimberly-Clark by 39.4% during the 4th quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 1,736 shares of the company’s stock valued at $211,000 after acquiring an additional 491 shares during the period. SlateStone Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Kimberly-Clark by 15.2% during the 4th quarter. SlateStone Wealth LLC now owns 15,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,921,000 after acquiring an additional 2,085 shares during the period. Finally, PDS Planning Inc boosted its holdings in Kimberly-Clark by 24.8% during the 4th quarter. PDS Planning Inc now owns 2,795 shares of the company’s stock valued at $340,000 after acquiring an additional 556 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 76.29% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on KMB shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on Kimberly-Clark from $127.00 to $132.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, March 28th. HSBC increased their target price on Kimberly-Clark from $146.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. UBS Group increased their target price on Kimberly-Clark from $135.00 to $138.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Barclays increased their target price on Kimberly-Clark from $124.00 to $132.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, April 12th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Kimberly-Clark from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $135.21.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Kimberly-Clark news, Director Mark T. Smucker bought 827 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 29th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $120.98 per share, for a total transaction of $100,050.46. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 827 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $100,050.46. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. In related news, Director Mark T. Smucker bought 827 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 29th. The stock was bought at an average price of $120.98 per share, for a total transaction of $100,050.46. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now directly owns 827 shares in the company, valued at $100,050.46. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Paula Ramos sold 10,178 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.17, for a total value of $1,396,116.26. Following the sale, the insider now owns 795 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $109,050.15. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.62% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Kimberly-Clark Price Performance

NYSE:KMB traded up $1.74 on Wednesday, reaching $137.78. 3,550,944 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,222,973. The company has a quick ratio of 0.54, a current ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.94. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $124.78 and a 200-day simple moving average of $122.55. The firm has a market cap of $46.42 billion, a PE ratio of 26.46, a P/E/G ratio of 3.83 and a beta of 0.40. Kimberly-Clark Co. has a 12 month low of $116.32 and a 12 month high of $147.87.

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 23rd. The company reported $2.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.61 by $0.40. Kimberly-Clark had a return on equity of 260.47% and a net margin of 8.63%. The firm had revenue of $5.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.08 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.67 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts forecast that Kimberly-Clark Co. will post 6.84 earnings per share for the current year.

Kimberly-Clark Profile

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care and consumer tissue products in the United States. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The company's Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, reusable underwear, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Sweety, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Thinx, Poise, Depend, Plenitud, Softex, and other brand names.