Kimberly-Clark (Kimberly-Clark) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 3.60% (As of Mar. 2024)

Competitive Comparison of Kimberly-Clark's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Kimberly-Clark's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

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Kimberly-Clark's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Kimberly-Clark's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kimberly-Clark's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.

Kimberly-Clark 5-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 least square regression.

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Kimberly-Clark  (NYSE:KMB) 5-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 Mar. 2024 is calculated as

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.

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

* 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

Current Share Price is $135.24.
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%.

Warning Sign:

Kimberly-Clark Corp stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.

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* 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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