The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Kimberly-Clark Corp shares valued at $95,978 were sold by Chen Katy on May 02 ’25. At $129.70 per share, Chen Katy sold 740 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 3,997 shares worth approximately $0.54 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Chen Katy purchased 2,525 shares, netting a total of over 330,800 in proceeds.
Before that, Chen Katy had sold 1,794 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $234,545, the President, Int’l Personal Care traded Kimberly-Clark Corp shares for $130.74 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,794 shares, worth approximately $0.41 million.
As published in a research note from TD Cowen on January 08, 2025, Kimberly-Clark Corp [KMB] has been rated down from a Buy to a Hold and the price target has been revised to $145. Analysts at TD Cowen started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late July. As of June 24, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas has initiated its “Neutral” rating for KMB. Earlier on June 13, 2024, BofA Securities upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for KMB stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.
Analyzing KMB Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Kimberly-Clark Corp [NASDAQ: KMB] rose 0.78% to $133.89. The stock’s lowest price that day was $132.52, but it reached a high of $133.92 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.04%. Over the course of the year, Kimberly-Clark Corp shares have jumped approximately 2.17%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 41.02 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Kimberly-Clark Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Kimberly-Clark Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 0.56 million shares to 5.46 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 4.9 million shares. A jump of 10.3% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.26 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.26.
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In terms of Kimberly-Clark Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 144 in the next 12 months, up nearly 8.39% from the previous closing price of $132.85. Analysts anticipate Kimberly-Clark Corp stock to reach 156 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 140. In spite of this, 16 analysts ranked Kimberly-Clark Corp stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On June 03, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $165.
