The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-26), Kimberly-Clark's share price is $136.43. Kimberly-Clark's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $3.10. Hence, Kimberly-Clark's PB Ratio of today is 44.01.
The historical rank and industry rank for Kimberly-Clark's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
KMB'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.4 Med: 83.88 Max: 851.54
Current: 44.01
During the past 13 years, Kimberly-Clark's highest PB Ratio was 851.54. The lowest was 7.40. And the median was 83.88.
KMB's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 99.61% of 1794
companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 1.49
vs KMB: 44.01
During the past 12 months, Kimberly-Clark's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 45.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Kimberly-Clark was 30.30% per year. The lowest was -46.80% per year. And the median was 2.90% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Kimberly-Clark PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Kimberly-Clark's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Kimberly-Clark's PB Ratio
For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Kimberly-Clark's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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's PB Ratio Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Kimberly-Clark's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Kimberly-Clark's PB Ratio falls into.
Kimberly-Clark PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Kimberly-Clark's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Kimberly-Clark PB Ratio Related Terms
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Kimberly-Clark (Kimberly-Clark) Business Description
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.
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