KMB Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own KMB shares is 2221, representing 81.77% of the company's common stock.

CREDIT SUISSE AG/, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in KMB by -6.12% restricting it's holding to 763.62 thousand shares of worth nearly $98.77M. ZURCHER KANTONALBANK (ZURICH CANTONALBANK) also lessened -9.75% of the KMB shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 724.14 thousand shares of worth $93.67M. PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. also shunned KMB shares holding by -5.04% last quarter which brought its holding to 630.09 thousand shares worth $81.50M.

As per its latest 13F filing, NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE increased its stake in KMB by 3.71% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 864.31 thousand shares having worth more than $111.80M. ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC also added 7.79% more shares of KMB to its portfolio, raising its holding to 838.35 thousand shares of worth $108.44M. VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC also increased its KMB shares holding by 8.41% which brought its holding to 836.83 thousand shares worth $108.24M.

The insider with the most stakes in KMB is Hsu Michael D. , Chairman of the Board and CEO at the company. Additionally, KMB stock is highly held by director DECHERD ROBERT W and President - Asia Pacific Agarwal Achal among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.17% percent of Kimberly-Clark Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 3 transaction(s) in which KMB insiders have sold stock, totaling 14.98K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include DREXLER ANDREW, URIBE GONZALO, and MELUCCI JEFFREY P..

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Kimberly-Clark Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 32.37K Kimberly-Clark Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.17% of KMB stock.

KMB Chairman of the Board and CEO, Hsu Michael D. holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. KMB shares owned by Hsu total nearly 179.06 thousand.

NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE is the largest institutional owner in KMB which holds 864.31 thousand shares worth $111.80M or 0.26% of the total KMB shares outstanding followed by ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC with ownership of 838.35 thousand shares representing 0.25% of the KMB ownership. VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC is the third largest stakeholder with 836.83 thousand shares or 0.25% of the ownership worth more than $108.24M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the KMB is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of KMB shares short is 5.17M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 333.48M shares of KMB are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, KMB has 332.65M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for KMB is 2.26.