Goldman Sachs analyst Bonnie Herzog maintains $Kimberly-Clark (KMB.US)$ with a buy rating.
According to TipRanks data, the analyst has a success rate of 58.4% and a total average return of 3.4% 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 sector remains relatively stable within the staples category. There is an acknowledgment of the anticipated slowdown in organic sales as the effects of previous pricing actions diminish. Companies considered leaders in their class are experiencing volume growth, and a majority are seeing margin expansion. An update in the valuation and investment framework has been conducted in anticipation of the December 2025 targets.
In preparation for the Q3 earnings preview for the consumer staples sector, it is noted that there appears to be little variation in the current market stance compared to the previous earnings season during the summer.
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