$54.99

-0.34 (-0.61%)

7/18/2008 4:02 PM

Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB)

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The Company is organized into operating segments based on product groupings. These operating segments have been aggregated into four reportable global business segments: Personal Care; Consumer Tissue; K-C Professional & Other; and Health Care.

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Large Cap (467), Dallas (4), Top Brands 2005 (65), Texas (25), Dividend (202), S&P 500 (481), Paper & Paper Products (43), Paper Products (31), Personal Products (21)
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Kimberly-Clark Corp At A Glance

Current Price:	$54.99
Last Trade Time:	7/18/2008 4:02 PM
Open:	$55.48
Previous Close:	$55.33
Daily Range:	$54.73 - $55.48
52-Week Range:	$50.42 - $71.16
Volume:	4,103,848
Market Cap:	$23.15B
P/E Ratio:	13.21
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Other News Headlines for KMB

Business, economic events for the coming week
7/18/2008 5:45:00 PM - AP
Sector Snap: Consumer products shares fluctuate
7/15/2008 11:54:00 AM - AP
Premarket roundup: Kimberly-Clark, Nike
7/15/2008 9:23:00 AM - AP
Ahead of the Bell: Kimberly-Clark cuts guidance
7/15/2008 8:31:00 AM - AP

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Top Bull Pitch

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7 Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB)

Avatar xthecritic (96.80) Submitted: 2/06/08 1:42 PM

Easy pickings here. Macroeconomic instability will permit consumer staples to outperform. This is a broad sector play - there are plenty of companies to choose from and ETFs too.

Kimberly-Clark and all it's toilet paper will clean up during this mess.

-- Prophet of Portsmouth

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1 Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB)

Avatar movwiz (65.16) Submitted: 10/04/06 1:11 AM

as much as this stock is a long term favorite, there are no new outstanding products that I can see on the horizon. Baby diapers? this is a tough business, but the world is expanding and people do need toilet paper!

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Recs 0 (KMB) doc324 (98.62) Submitted: 7/10/08 8:41 AM : Start Price: $60.09 KMB Score: -9.79 KMB has a stellar management team, strong product loyalty and a determination to succeed. Through these rough times for equities, they have consistently held above the S & P. Considering it is within a dollar of its 52-week low, I think it is a good time to buy. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (KMB) chk999longonly (98.40) Submitted: 6/28/08 10:59 PM : Start Price: $60.07 KMB Score: -6.99 This is at a 52 week low. Quality is on sale now. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (KMB) DLai0001 (29.70) Submitted: 6/24/08 5:14 PM : Start Price: $61.65 KMB Score: -6.49 Fairly good fundamentals with the exception of the balance sheet. One of those company's you use every day but don't even think about it. But I'm not too worried about their debt obligations. They sell consumeables that are regularly used. Unlike fast shifting landscape of tech, these products have been around and will be around for many years to come. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (KMB) julian7of9 (< 20) Submitted: 6/20/08 11:20 AM : Start Price: $62.87 KMB Score: -1.44 When times are bad you still have to use these products Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (KMB) ricardorubiosr (< 20) Submitted: 6/13/08 11:12 AM : Start Price: $62.40 KMB Score: -4.58 During a recession or inflationary period the products from Kimberly-Clark always will be needed, in spite of higher prices. Also, KC is a global company with almost half of it sales and profits coming from the Developed and Emerging markets of Latin America, Eastern Eurpe, Asia and Oceania which are growing at a double digit rate, not only in dollars but in volume, and market shares in most of the countries are #1 or #2 against other global and local competitors. Also, Europe is doing much better than in the past years after the reestructuring that took, place mainly in the toilet tissue business. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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