Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB continues to see progress in its global personal care business, with its repeatable playbook delivering sequential improvements and double-digit gains across International Personal Care markets, including India, Southeast Asia and Indonesia. The momentum is also reflected in diaper market share, with gains of 390 basis points in Indonesia and 70 basis points in Brazil. These developments reflect progress across international personal care markets and gains in diaper market share.
The formation of Arbex represents a strategic joint venture designed to create a world-class global competitor in the hygiene and tissue business. Kimberly-Clark views the partnership as a strategic combination rather than an effort to move away from an existing problem or challenge. The venture brings together Suzano’s scale and capabilities with Kimberly-Clark’s commercial capabilities and knowledge of tissue making. By combining these capabilities, the partnership is intended to create a global competitor in the hygiene and tissue business.
Kimberly-Clark remains highly enthusiastic about the future of the Arbex team and the opportunities ahead for the business. The company also believes that its clear focus on global personal care should help drive execution as Arbex moves forward. The company said that this clear focus on global personal care should help drive execution. Overall, Arbex gives Kimberly-Clark additional focus, while management expects its global personal care emphasis to help drive execution. Continued progress across IPC markets and gains in diaper market share demonstrate how the playbook is translating across geographies.
The Zacks Rundown for KMB
KMB stock has lost 11.2% in the past three months compared with the industry’s decline of 1.3%.
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From a valuation standpoint, KMB trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 13.38, lower than the industry’s average of 18.52. KMB currently carries Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for KMB’s current fiscal-year earnings implies a year-over-year decline of 2.4%, and the same for next fiscal year earnings implies growth of 2.1%.
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