KMB Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 11.72% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 14.05%. Kimberly-Clark's return on equity of 201.79% beat Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 450.97%.

Kimberly-Clark has a consensus price target of $141.62, signalling upside risk potential of 10.72%. On the other hand Colgate-Palmolive has an analysts' consensus of $97.96 which suggests that it could grow by 12.29%. Given that Colgate-Palmolive has higher upside potential than Kimberly-Clark, analysts believe Colgate-Palmolive is more attractive than Kimberly-Clark.

Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.349, which suggesting that the stock is 65.098% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.372, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 62.782%.

Kimberly-Clark has a quarterly dividend of $1.26 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.88%. Colgate-Palmolive offers a yield of 2.32% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.52 per share. Kimberly-Clark pays 63.97% of its earnings as a dividend. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 61.93% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Kimberly-Clark quarterly revenues are $4.8B, which are smaller than Colgate-Palmolive quarterly revenues of $4.9B. Kimberly-Clark's net income of $567M is lower than Colgate-Palmolive's net income of $690M. Notably, Kimberly-Clark's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.43x while Colgate-Palmolive's PE ratio is 24.64x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Kimberly-Clark is 2.17x versus 3.59x for Colgate-Palmolive. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

PepsiCo has a net margin of 11.72% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 10.24%. Kimberly-Clark's return on equity of 201.79% beat PepsiCo's return on equity of 49.28%.

Kimberly-Clark has a consensus price target of $141.62, signalling upside risk potential of 10.72%. On the other hand PepsiCo has an analysts' consensus of $149.49 which suggests that it could grow by 2.79%. Given that Kimberly-Clark has higher upside potential than PepsiCo, analysts believe Kimberly-Clark is more attractive than PepsiCo.

Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.349, which suggesting that the stock is 65.098% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison PepsiCo has a beta of 0.454, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 54.552%.

Kimberly-Clark has a quarterly dividend of $1.26 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.88%. PepsiCo offers a yield of 3.77% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.42 per share. Kimberly-Clark pays 63.97% of its earnings as a dividend. PepsiCo pays out 75.48% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Kimberly-Clark quarterly revenues are $4.8B, which are smaller than PepsiCo quarterly revenues of $17.9B. Kimberly-Clark's net income of $567M is lower than PepsiCo's net income of $1.8B. Notably, Kimberly-Clark's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.43x while PepsiCo's PE ratio is 21.39x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Kimberly-Clark is 2.17x versus 2.19x for PepsiCo. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 11.72% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 19.06%. Kimberly-Clark's return on equity of 201.79% beat Procter & Gamble's return on equity of 30.14%.

Kimberly-Clark has a consensus price target of $141.62, signalling upside risk potential of 10.72%. On the other hand Procter & Gamble has an analysts' consensus of $171.53 which suggests that it could grow by 10.23%. Given that Kimberly-Clark has higher upside potential than Procter & Gamble, analysts believe Kimberly-Clark is more attractive than Procter & Gamble.

Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.349, which suggesting that the stock is 65.098% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.405, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 59.527%.

Kimberly-Clark has a quarterly dividend of $1.26 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.88%. Procter & Gamble offers a yield of 2.62% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.06 per share. Kimberly-Clark pays 63.97% of its earnings as a dividend. Procter & Gamble pays out 62.59% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Kimberly-Clark quarterly revenues are $4.8B, which are smaller than Procter & Gamble quarterly revenues of $19.8B. Kimberly-Clark's net income of $567M is lower than Procter & Gamble's net income of $3.8B. Notably, Kimberly-Clark's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.43x while Procter & Gamble's PE ratio is 24.70x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Kimberly-Clark is 2.17x versus 4.56x for Procter & Gamble. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Spectrum Brands Holdings has a net margin of 11.72% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 0.13%. Kimberly-Clark's return on equity of 201.79% beat Spectrum Brands Holdings's return on equity of 2.84%.

Kimberly-Clark has a consensus price target of $141.62, signalling upside risk potential of 10.72%. On the other hand Spectrum Brands Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $81.14 which suggests that it could grow by 44.64%. Given that Spectrum Brands Holdings has higher upside potential than Kimberly-Clark, analysts believe Spectrum Brands Holdings is more attractive than Kimberly-Clark.

Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.349, which suggesting that the stock is 65.098% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Spectrum Brands Holdings has a beta of 0.899, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 10.074%.

Kimberly-Clark has a quarterly dividend of $1.26 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.88%. Spectrum Brands Holdings offers a yield of 3.26% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share. Kimberly-Clark pays 63.97% of its earnings as a dividend. Spectrum Brands Holdings pays out 40.55% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Kimberly-Clark quarterly revenues are $4.8B, which are larger than Spectrum Brands Holdings quarterly revenues of $675.7M. Kimberly-Clark's net income of $567M is higher than Spectrum Brands Holdings's net income of $900K. Notably, Kimberly-Clark's price-to-earnings ratio is 17.43x while Spectrum Brands Holdings's PE ratio is 26.84x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Kimberly-Clark is 2.17x versus 0.53x for Spectrum Brands Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.