Kimberly-Clark Dividend yield

Kimberly-Clark is part of Personal Goods business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Kimberly-Clark is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Kimberly-Clark stock dividend

Kimberly-Clark paid a total dividend of 1,591 million USD last year, for a market value of 43,416 millions (Market Cap 43,334 millions). Kimberly-Clark dividend per share is 4.72 USD, and his stock market price 128.83 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Kimberly-Clark has a dividend yield of 3.66%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Consumer Goods industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Kimberly-Clark stocks dividend with other Personal Goods companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Kimberly-Clark Dividend Payout

About the ability of Kimberly-Clark to maintain his current dividend of USD 4.72 per share, an amount that accounts for 3.66%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Kimberly-Clark payout on ernings is currently 81.66%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 39.34% and 40.18% respectively. Both figures show that Kimberly-Clark can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Kimberly-Clark is USD 8.10 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 4.72, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Kimberly-Clark, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Goods industry and Personal Goods sector companies.

Kimberly-Clark Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Kimberly-Clark's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	3.66%	4.72	81.66%	337
2022	3.42%	4.64	85.77%	337
2021	3.19%	4.56	65.42%	337
2020	3.17%	4.27	67.46%	341
2019	3.00%	4.13	93.02%	344
2018	3.51%	4.00	63.49%	349
2017	3.22%	3.89	63.88%	355
2016	3.18%	3.68	130.96%	360
2015	2.95%	3.51	83.57%	364

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Kimberly-Clark dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Personal Goods stocks.

Kimberly-Clark Stock performance

Finally, last moth Kimberly-Clark showed a return of -0.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.86% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 1.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Personal Goods firms.