Kimberly-Clark Corporation

DB:KMY Stock Report

Market Cap: €44.3b

Kimberly-Clark Valuation

Is KMY undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of KMY when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: KMY (€132.22) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€189.03)

Significantly Below Fair Value: KMY is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for KMY?

Key metric: As KMY is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for KMY. This is calculated by dividing KMY's market cap by their current earnings.
What is KMY's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio17.9x
EarningsUS$2.61b
Market CapUS$46.40b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does KMY's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for KMY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average31.6x
HEN3 Henkel KGaA
18.6x6.5%€31.0b
BEI Beiersdorf
36.9x12.7%€27.2b
RKT Reckitt Benckiser Group
21.8x11.3%UK£33.7b
CHD Church & Dwight
49.2x18.0%US$27.1b
KMY Kimberly-Clark
17.9x2.2%€46.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KMY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.9x) compared to the peer average (31.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does KMY's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Household Products Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
KMY 17.9xIndustry Avg. 17.8xNo. of Companies14PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KMY is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.9x) compared to the Global Household Products industry average (17.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KMY's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

KMY PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.9x
Fair PE Ratio24.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: KMY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst KMY forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€132.22
€138.24
+4.6%
7.2%€160.90€114.93n/a19
Nov ’25€123.76
€139.49
+12.7%
7.0%€162.12€115.80n/a19
Oct ’25€127.56
€133.74
+4.8%
8.0%€157.17€112.26n/a20
Sep ’25€129.10
€134.92
+4.5%
8.2%€159.46€113.90n/a20
Aug ’25€125.38
€136.75
+9.1%
8.4%€161.47€115.34n/a19
Jul ’25€128.54
€135.31
+5.3%
9.4%€155.89€111.09n/a18
Jun ’25€120.96
€128.39
+6.1%
10.3%€154.81€106.61n/a18
May ’25€126.48
€128.64
+1.7%
10.2%€156.11€107.50n/a19
Apr ’25€119.85
€120.89
+0.9%
10.1%€141.83€101.97n/a19
Mar ’25€112.10
€118.06
+5.3%
8.7%€141.19€101.51n/a19
Feb ’25€111.90
€118.13
+5.6%
8.6%€141.16€101.49n/a19
Jan ’25€109.15
€119.02
+9.0%
8.3%€140.15€101.68n/a19
Dec ’24€113.75
€120.54
+6.0%
7.8%€140.68€102.06n/a19
Nov ’24€113.50
€123.27
+8.6%
7.6%€144.78€105.04€123.7618
Oct ’24€114.85
€128.58
+12.0%
6.8%€145.71€118.28€127.5619
Sep ’24€118.70
€127.25
+7.2%
6.5%€142.36€115.55€129.1018
Aug ’24€117.60
€124.92
+6.2%
6.8%€142.41€113.39€125.3818
Jul ’24€126.10
€128.76
+2.1%
5.6%€141.70€115.01€128.5418
Jun ’24€126.05
€129.58
+2.8%
5.7%€142.54€115.70€120.9619
May ’24€132.80
€126.59
-4.7%
6.4%€139.76€107.09€126.4819
Apr ’24€121.66
€118.84
-2.3%
5.4%€131.83€108.78€119.8518
Mar ’24€117.94
€120.10
+1.8%
5.2%€133.72€110.34€112.1019
Feb ’24€117.88
€118.63
+0.6%
5.1%€131.60€108.60€111.9018
Jan ’24€128.26
€119.61
-6.7%
8.1%€141.27€97.01€109.1518
Dec ’23€129.26
€121.00
-6.4%
6.5%€132.26€99.44€113.7518
Nov ’23€125.40
€126.75
+1.1%
6.5%€138.67€104.26€113.5018

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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