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Profile - Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE:KMB)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
P.O. Box 619100
Dallas, TX 75261
Phone: (972) 281-1200
Fax: (972) 281-1435
Employees (last reported count): 66,300
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 ·Sector: Basic Materials
 ·Industry: Paper & Paper Products
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider buy; 1,000  shares
 · one insider sell; 15.0K shares
  (0.3% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 72% (73% of float)
(1,776 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 74.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Kimberly-Clark Corporation is principally engaged in the manufacturing and marketing throughout the world of a wide range of consumer products. The Company is organized into three global business segments, Tissue, Personal Care and Health Care and Other. The Tissue segment includes facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, wipers and napkins for household and away-from-home use; wet wipes; printing, business and correspondence papers, and related products. The Personal Care segment includes disposable diapers, training and youth pants and swimpants, feminine and incontinence care products and related products. The Health Care and Other segment includes healthcare products, consisting of surgical gowns, drapes, exam gloves, infection-control products, sterilization wraps, disposable face masks, respiratory products and other disposable medical products, specialty and technical papers and other products.
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Financial Summary
Kimberly-Clark Corp. is principally engaged in the manufacturing and marketing throughout the world of a range of products for personal, business and industrial uses, mostly made from natural and synthetic fibers. For the six months ended 6/30/01, net sales increased 4% to $7.14 billion. Net income fell 6% to $848.8 million. Revenues reflect increased sales of Huggies diapers and Kleenex Cottenelle. Earnings were offset by increased advertising and promotion expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Wayne Sanders, 53
Chairman, CEO
$2.1M$1.3M
Thomas Falk, 42
Pres, COO, Director
1.6M--  
John Donehower, 54
CFO, Sr. VP
745K--  
Robert Abernathy, 46
Group Pres
--  --  
Kathi Seifert, 51
Exec. VP
1.2M--  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:KMBAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 21-Sep-2000
$49.938
Recent Price$62.05 
52-Week High
on 4-Dec-2000
$73.25 
Beta0.52 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1.43M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.28M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+6.4%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+42.8%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$32.9B
Shares Outstanding529.7M
Float524.4M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.12 
Dividend Yield1.80%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 3-Apr-1997
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$11.13 
Earnings (ttm)$3.24 
Earnings (mrq)$0.78 
Sales (ttm)$26.53 
Cash (mrq)$0.61 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)5.57 
Price/Earnings (ttm)19.13 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.34 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$14.3B
EBITDA (ttm)$2.63B
Income available to common (ttm)$1.74B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)11.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)17.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)11.38%
Return on Equity (ttm)30.45%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.94 
Debt/Equity (mrq)0.55 
Total Cash (mrq)$320.9M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short4.76M
Percent of Float0.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
3.69M
Short Ratio3.07 
Daily Volume1.55M
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