Barclays analyst Lauren Lieberman maintains $Kimberly-Clark (KMB.US)$ with a hold rating, and adjusts the target price from $132 to $144.
According to TipRanks data, the analyst has a success rate of 54.3% and a total average return of 2.4% over the past year.
Furthermore, according to the comprehensive report, the opinions of $Kimberly-Clark (KMB.US)$'s main analysts recently are as follows:
The outlook heading into the third-quarter earnings season for the household, personal care, and beauty sectors within consumer staples remains comparatively optimistic. It is widely recognized that there will be a sequential slowdown in organic sales as the impact of pricing diminishes. Companies considered to be industry leaders are not only increasing volumes but the majority are also achieving margin expansion.
In anticipation of Q3 earnings for the consumer staples group, there's a notable observation that the landscape appears largely unchanged since the previous earnings season in the summer.
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