KMB NASDAQ Week ended 31 Jul 2026

Weekly Investor Report

Kimberly-Clark Corporation · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products

Open interactive chart View report data
Latest close 109.3 USD
-0.4% latest week
Weekly setup

Mixed setup

The weekly trend is active. Price is 7.7% above the Trend Line and sits at 45.3% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.4%, after a -4.7% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is bearish with 45/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 53/100. Near-term considerations: volume confirmation is below normal; earnings are due in 3d.

Setup score 46 out of 100
Latest Close 109.3 USD 31 Jul 2026
1W Return -0.4% latest completed week
4W Return -4.7% short-term follow-through
12W Return 12.6% quarterly tape
Trend Breadth 9.6% 5 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio 0.8x vs 13-week average
What is working
  • The trend backdrop is active with a 5-week active streak.
  • Price is above the Trend Line, keeping the weekly tape constructive.
  • Activity pressure is positive on the latest completed week.
  • Next-week expectancy is positive at 59.46% based on similar historical setup states.
What could go wrong
  • Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
What to watch next
  • Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
  • Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
  • A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
Price follow-through -0.4% Latest completed week; four-week move -4.7%. Indicator stack 23/66 Trend and activity pressure are weighted against the latest 12-week confirmation window. Trend backdrop Active The trend backdrop defines the current weekly regime. Patient Capital Recent Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing. Next-Week Expectancy Positive 59.46% Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed. Options pressure Bearish 45/100 conviction; expected move 4.7%. News sentiment 53/100 19 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read. Event risk 3d Next report is scheduled for 04 Aug 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
01 · Price action

Where price is—and whether the trend supports it

The weekly trend is active. Price is 7.7% above the Trend Line and sits at 45.3% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -0.4%, after a -4.7% four-week move.

Study the full chart

52-week price path

Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price Trend Line Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand

Is real participation confirming the move?

Latest weekly volume is 0.8x the 13-week average. Participation is below its recent norm, so price strength is not receiving full volume confirmation.

26-week volume confirmation

Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
6 Feb 13 Feb 20 Feb 27 Feb 6 Mar 13 Mar 20 Mar 27 Mar 3 Apr 10 Apr 17 Apr 24 Apr 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 May 5 Jun 12 Jun 19 Jun 26 Jun 3 Jul 10 Jul 17 Jul 24 Jul 31 Jul
Up week Down week
Demand beneath price

Activity pressure and institutional-style signals

These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.

Activity pressure path

Latest 0.5512-week average 0.24

12-week confirmation

Trend active5/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure8/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.55Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals1Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers

No recent accumulation markers. No reversal markers.

03 · Momentum and leadership

Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?

Performance is -4.7% over four weeks, 12.6% over 12 weeks, and -12.3% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 5 consecutive weeks.

Performance by holding period

1W-0.4%
4W-4.7%
12W12.6%
26W12.1%
52W-12.3%
Active trend streak5 weeks
Active weeks in one year5
Trend breadth9.6%

Activity pressure vs relative leadership

Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure1.01Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-20.0%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-6.26Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change18.3%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation

What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it

The latest factor snapshot indicates quality ranks strongly versus its universe; growth ranks weakly; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.

Open full factor analysis
Factor week 26 Jul 2026 Financial statements through 31 Mar 2026 Field coverage 97% Model confidence 93%

Relative factor standing

Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.

Overall factor strength38/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 63; rank 1 is best.
Value32/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 69; rank 1 is best.
Quality92/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 9; rank 1 is best.
Momentum20/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 81; rank 1 is best.
Growth3/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 98; rank 1 is best.
How to read this

Quality and valuation are separate questions

A strong company can still carry a demanding valuation. This report shows profitability, growth, balance-sheet strength, and the price paid for those characteristics separately.

Value-quality framework57/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Valuation

How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.

P/E
17.2x
Price divided by trailing earnings.
Price / sales
2.2x
Market value relative to trailing revenue.
EV / EBITDA
14.1x
Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
Free-cash-flow yield
10.7%
Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.

Business quality

Margins and the return generated on invested capital.

Gross margin
35.9%
Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
Operating margin
14.6%
Operating profit retained from revenue.
Free-cash-flow margin
27.9%
Free cash flow generated from revenue.
Return on invested capital
22.1%
Operating return generated on invested capital.

Growth and financial strength

Recent business growth and accounting strength.

Revenue growth
-8.8%
Latest one-year revenue growth.
EPS growth
-14.0%
Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
Free-cash-flow growth
19.7%
Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
Piotroski F-score
5/9
Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.

Shareholder return and balance sheet

Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.

Dividend yield
4.6%
Cash dividends relative to market value.
Buyback yield
0.2%
Net share repurchases relative to market value.
Shareholder yield
4.8%
Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
Net debt / EBITDA
2.1x
Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment

What other market participants are doing

Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.

Options positioningBearish

KMB shows bearish options pressure with a 45/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 2.15, expected move of 4.7%, and Sharemaestro trend signal active.

Conviction45/100
Expected move4.7%
Put/call volume2.15
Pressure-31
Speculation41
Volatility49
Trend agreement69
Open options detail
Insider activity1 / 19

1 acquisitions and 19 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.

Acquisitions / disposals over the latest 180 days. Insider activity is context, not a stand-alone signal.
News sentiment53/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 19 relevant articles.

4 positive · 15 neutral · 0 negative
Patient CapitalRecent

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks
06 · Catalysts and risk

What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been

Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.

Next earnings3dNext report is scheduled for 04 Aug 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
Options expected move4.7%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-16.7%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.9%Standard deviation of weekly returns.

Weekly gains and losses

Latest 26 completed weeks

Each bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.

Weeks higher14 of 2612 weeks finished lower.
Best week+6.6%Week of 26 Jun.
Worst week-5.5%Week of 13 Mar.
Latest week-0.4%Week of 31 Jul.

Shape of recent returns

Strong gains4
Modest gains10
Flat weeks0
Modest losses10
Sharp losses2
Recent vol2.9%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol3.2%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split28/24Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew2.0% / -2.8%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context

Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?

Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.

08 · Evidence and weekly data

The underlying research record

Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.

Weekly tape45/100

Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 45/100 tape read.

 Indicator analysis43/100

Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 5/12, activity pressure 8/12, relative leadership 0/12.

Activity pressure 0.55; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyPositive 59.46%

Next-week expectancy is positive with a 59.46% historical one-week setup read.

Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors46/100

O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.

Buyback Yield rank 39 SVQF57/100

Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.

Composite rank 313.5 of 726 Patient CapitalRecent

Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.

Recent buy signal in the last 8 weeks Options47/100

KMB shows bearish options pressure with a 45/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 2.15, expected move of 4.7%, and Sharemaestro trend signal active.

Bearish · Put-side pressure · Expected move 4.7% Sentiment53/100

Weighted news tone is neutral across 19 relevant articles.

Kentucky Retirement Systems Purchases 10,646 Shares of Kimberly-Clark Corporation $KMB Insiders1 / 19

1 acquisitions and 19 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.

 Earnings3d

Next report is scheduled for 04 Aug 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.

 Research flow1 items

1 recent research articles and 0 Market Watch posts are available.
WeekCloseReturnTrend LineFair ValuePressureLeadershipVolumeTrend
31 Jul 2026109.3 USD-0.4%101.5 USD116.4 USD1.01-6.2617.1MOn
24 Jul 2026109.7 USD1.2%101.1 USD116.4 USD1.11-6.1212.5MOn
17 Jul 2026108.3 USD-3.6%100.7 USD116.5 USD1.33-9.3222.1MOn
10 Jul 2026112.4 USD-2.0%100.4 USD116.6 USD1.36-10.4518.6MOn
3 Jul 2026114.7 USD4.9%100.00 USD116.6 USD1.26-7.6618.2MOn
26 Jun 2026109.4 USD6.6%99.52 USD116.6 USD1.08-11.8633.4MOff
19 Jun 2026102.6 USD0.3%99.38 USD116.7 USD0.54-21.6520.4MOff
12 Jun 2026102.3 USD3.3%99.34 USD116.8 USD0.12-20.5917.7MOff
5 Jun 202699.04 USD2.8%99.27 USD117.0 USD-0.21-22.1428.4MOff
29 May 202696.35 USD-1.6%99.30 USD117.1 USD-0.40-28.4420.8MOff
22 May 202697.88 USD3.4%99.94 USD117.3 USD-0.28-26.2318.2MOff
15 May 202694.69 USD-2.4%100.5 USD117.4 USD-0.22-28.7123.0MOff
8 May 202697.06 USD0.7%101.2 USD117.6 USD-0.13-28.0520.3MOff
1 May 202696.42 USD-0.2%101.8 USD117.8 USD-0.04-25.5129.8MOff
How to use this report

This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.