Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB)

Kimberly-Clark is an American company founded in 1872 which primarily produces consumer products for personal care and hygiene from recycled paper. Kimberly-Clark Company's trademarks include Kleenex facial tissues, Kotex feminine hygiene products, Cottonelle toilet paper, Wypall wet wipes, KimWipes scientific cleaning wipes, and Huggies disposable diapers. Located in Irving, Texas, it employs approximately 63,900 people. (source Wikipedia)

Kimberly-Clark has many qualities that interest us in a dividend payer. First, the company offers a generous long-term yield of 4.13%. Le dividende a pu être augmenté par ailleurs durant 36 années consécutives. Le taux de distribution demeure correct, à 60.22%, ce qui laisse de la marge à l'entreprise en cas de passage difficile. La volatility de l'action se montre parfaitement conforme à notre tolérance au risque, à 10,26%. Seule la croissance des distributions a moyen terme est un peu décevante, à 7.43%.

Kimberly-Clark has been beating the market since the early 1980s, achieving a very appreciable profitability of +2'400%Like many values, the title has been marking time, in a wide corridor, since the year 2000, which has allowed the Price/Earnings ratio to be lowered to very attractive levels currently (P/E = 14.70).

KMB est un quality title to be retained if we already have it in our portfolio. The relatively modest dividend growth, which depends on earnings growth, means that for the moment our analysis model does not consider Kimberly-Clark as a buying opportunity. But that could change quite quickly.