Kimberly-Clark (Kimberly-Clark) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

: 4.57 (As of Today)

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Kimberly-Clark's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.57.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kimberly-Clark's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

KMB' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.09 Med: 3.82 Max: 5.04
Current: 4.57

During the past 13 years, Kimberly-Clark's highest Yield on Cost was 5.04. The lowest was 3.09. And the median was 3.82.

KMB's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
71.61% of 1092 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.86 vs KMB: 4.57

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Kimberly-Clark's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % 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 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Kimberly-Clark's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kimberly-Clark's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Kimberly-Clark 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Kimberly-Clark is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Kimberly-Clark (Kimberly-Clark) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

KMB:Mexico KMY:Germany KMY:Germany KMY:Germany KMBB34:Brazil KMBC:Austria KMB:Argentina

Address

P.O. Box 619100, Dallas, TX, USA, 75261-9100

Website

https://www.kimberly-clark.com

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