Company Overview:
Kimberly-Clark Corp was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX. Essentially, the company with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care, consumer tissue, and professional products worldwide. The company is well known for its various products and brands including Kleenex, Huggies, Kotex, Depend, and Scott. Kimberly-Clark operates in four segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, K-C Professional, and Other and Healthcare. The Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Depend, Plenitud, Poise, and other brands. The Consumer Tissue segment provides facial and bathroom tissues, paper towels, napkins, and related products under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Neve, and other brand names. The K-C Professional segment offers wipers, tissues, towels, apparel, soaps, and sanitizers under the Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and Jackson Safety brands. The company sells household use products directly to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets, as well as through other distributors and e-commerce. It also sells products for away-from-home use through distributors and directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, and public facilities.
Statistics:
- Dividend Yield: 3.2%
- 3Yr Dividend Growth Rate: 4.7%
- Payout Ratio: 62.4%
- P/E: 20.37
- Consecutive Years of Dividend Raises: 44
- Dividend Payout: Quarterly
I purchased 9 shares of Kimberly-Clack Corp. (KMB) for the price of $122.00 per share for a total investment of $1,098.00 adding around $34.92 to my annual dividend income.
It is the 6th time I am initiating a stock acquisition this year. This transaction is my additional purchase of KMB shares into the portfolio. As of today, I now hold a total of 19.24 shares of the company. Additionally, KMB ownership stake represents to be around 2.1% of my total portfolio value.
Conclusion:
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