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Kimberly-Clark (Kimberly-Clark) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

: 3.30% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Kimberly-Clark's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.18.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kimberly-Clark's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

KMB' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.3   Med: 6.1   Max: 76.3
Current: 3.3

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Kimberly-Clark was 76.30% per year. The lowest was 2.30% per year. And the median was 6.10% per year.

KMB's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked worse than
64.94% of 656 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 7.7 vs KMB: 3.30

During the past 12 months, Kimberly-Clark's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 3.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.00% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

Kimberly-Clark's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.78. As of today, Kimberly-Clark's Dividend Yield % is 3.78%.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Kimberly-Clark Corp is 0.72, which seems too high.

Good Sign:

Kimberly-Clark Corp stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Kimberly-Clark's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Kimberly-Clark 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Kimberly-Clark's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kimberly-Clark's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



Kimberly-Clark 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


Kimberly-Clark  (NYSE:KMB) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Kimberly-Clark's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=1.18/ 1.51
=0.78

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Kimberly-Clark was 0.82. The lowest was 0.55. And the median was 0.61.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Kimberly-Clark Corp is 0.72, which seems too high.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Kimberly-Clark Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 1.2202024-03-072024-03-082024-04-02Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.1802023-12-072023-12-082024-01-03Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.1802023-09-072023-09-082023-10-03Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 1.1802023-06-082023-06-092023-07-05Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Kimberly-Clark's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=4.76/125.61
=3.79 %

Current Share Price is $125.61.
Kimberly-Clark's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $4.76.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Kimberly-Clark was 4.22%. The lowest was 2.59%. And the median was 3.20%.

Good Sign:

Kimberly-Clark Corp stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Kimberly-Clark (Kimberly-Clark) Business Description

Address
P.O. Box 619100, Dallas, TX, USA, 75261-9100
With more than half of sales from personal care and another third from tissue products, Kimberly-Clark sits as a leading manufacturer in the tissue and hygiene realm. Its brand mix includes Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, and Cottonelle. The firm also operates K-C Professional, which partners with businesses to provide safety and sanitary products for the workplace. Kimberly-Clark generates just over of half its sales in North America and more than 10% in Europe, with the rest primarily concentrated in Asia and Latin America.
Executives
Jeffrey P. Melucci officer: SVP - General Counsel 351 PHELPS DRIVE, IRVING TX 75038
Zackery A Hicks officer: Chief Digital & Technology Off C/O SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED, 375 GHENT ROAD, AKRON OH 44333
Deeptha Khanna director PO BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 75261
Sandra R Karrmann officer: Chief Human Resources Officer P.O. BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 75261-9100
Doug Cunningham officer: President, EMEA PO BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 75261
Andrew Drexler officer: Vice President and Controller C/O GNC HOLDINGS, INC., 300 SIXTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15222
Michael D. Hsu officer: Group Pres., NACP C/O KRAFT FOODS GROUP, INC., THREE LAKES DRIVE, NORTHFIELD IL 60048
Tristram Wilkinson officer: President, EMEA P.O. BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 75261-9100
Tamera Fenske officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer PO BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 75261
Sylvia M Mathews director P.O. BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 75261
Nelson Urdaneta officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, INC., THREE PARKWAY NORTH, DEERFIELD IL 60015
Todd Maclin director P.O. BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 75261
Ehab Abou-oaf officer: President KCP PO BOX 619100, DALLAS TX 75261
Deirdre Mahlan director 1201 DOWDELL LANE, SAINT HELENA CA 94574
Jaime A Ramirez director 1000 STANLEY DRIVE, NEW BRITAIN CT 06053

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