As it prepares to finalize the acquisition of Hess, Chevron will announce its 37th year of dividend growth in January. Brandon Bell This is the latest in my series of articles where I provide predictions of annual dividend increases for long-term dividend growth companies. At the end of November, I provided predictions for 18 dividend…
Michael Burrell/iStock via Getty Images Stock Snapshot With cold season here in many parts of the world, many of us are going through many boxes of Kleenex tissues lately. In that light, today’s research note covers the parent company of that brand, Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB). Some quick facts about this Dallas Texas-based company are that they…
Tim Boyle Investment Thesis Over the past year, Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s (NYSE:KMB) volume levels were negatively impacted by price increases that led to consumer trade-down to lower price points from competitors and private labels in an inflationary environment. However, volume decline has already bottomed and volume levels have been improving sequentially thanks to narrowing price gaps…
Tim Boyle It would be an understatement to say that there is quite a bit of economic uncertainty. Inflation is still above recent averages even though it’s dropped pretty extensively over the past year or so. To kill inflation, the Federal Reserve has quickly raised interest rates to levels not seen for many years. There…
Kimberly-Clark de México, S.A.B. de C.V. (OTCPK:KCDMY) Q3 2023 Results Conference Call October 20, 2023 10:30 AM ET Company Participants Pablo González – CEO Xavier Cortés – CFO Conference Call Participants Ben Theurer – Barclays Jens Spiess – Morgan Stanley Pedro Fabregat – Compass Bob Ford – Bank of America Rodrigo Alcántara – UBS Luis…
Rob Kim I rated Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) a hold in January 2023. Since then, the stock has dropped 11% compared to the S&P 500 (SP500) positive return of 11.2%. I have renewed interest in the Consumer Staples sector, looking for bargains, as the Vanguard Consumer Staples Index ETF (VDC) has dropped 4.3%, compared to the 12.2%…