Kimberly-Clark: Dividend Stock Analysis

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of various health care products worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, K-C Professional & Other, and Health Care. The company is a Dividend Aristocrat which has increased distributions for 38 years in a row.Over the past decade this dividend stock has delivered an annualized total return of 2% to its loyal shareholders.The company has managed to deliver an average increase in EPS of 3.40% per year since 2000. Analysts expect Kimberly-Clark to earn $4.64 per share in 2010 and $5.01 per share in 2011. This would be a nice increase from the $4.52/share the company earned in 2009. The company’s EPS has been aided by the consistent share buybacks, which has led to a 3.10% average decrease in total shares outstanding per year. This means that over the past decade... Read more

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