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KMB vs PG

Side-by-side comparison of Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) and Procter & Gamble Company (PG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Consumer Discretionary sector. KMB focuses on Containers/Packaging, while PG focuses on Package Goods/Cosmetics.
  • PG is the larger of the two at $390.92B, about 5.8x KMB ($67.97B).
  • KMB has been more active in the news (35 items in the past 4 weeks vs 30 for PG).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
MetricKMBPG
Company
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Procter & Gamble Company
Price
-
-
Market cap
$67.97B
$390.92B
1M return
-
+9.55%
1Y return
-
+12.86%
Industry
Containers/Packaging
Package Goods/Cosmetics
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
35
30
Recent ratings
25
25
KMB

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care and consumer tissue products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Sweety, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Depend, Plenitud, Softex, Poise, and other brand names. The Consumer Tissue segment provides facial and bathroom tissues, paper towels, napkins, and related products under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Neve, and other brand names. The K-C Professional segment offers wipers, tissues, towels, apparel, soaps, and sanitizers under the Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and KleenGuard brands. The company sells household use products directly to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets, as well as through other distributors and e-commerce; and away-from-home use products directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, and public facilities, as well as through distributors and e-commerce. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

PG

Procter & Gamble Company

The Procter & Gamble Company provides branded consumer packaged goods to consumers in North and Latin America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Greater China, India, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates in five segments: Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care; and Baby, Feminine & Family Care. The Beauty segment offers conditioners, shampoos, styling aids, and treatments; and antiperspirants and deodorants, personal cleansing, and skin care products under the Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Pantene, Rejoice, Olay, Old Spice, Safeguard, Secret, and SK-II brands. The Procter & Gamble Company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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