KM
KMB
+4.8%🟢 Fundamentally supportedKimberly-Clark Corp. · Basic Materials
$104.22Vol 2.74M · 2.0× normalMkt cap +$1.60Blive · 2026-10-15 ET
What happened
Move
+4.8%
Price
$104.22
Volume
2.74M
2.0× normal
Market cap
$34.66B
+$1.60B today
Why it moved
Earnings beathigh confidence
- Kimberly-Clark Shares Rise 1.8% as Preliminary Q3 Earnings Beat Expectations — finnhub-news
- Kimberly-Clark shares rise following preliminary Q3 earnings beat — finnhub-news
Likely catalyst: earnings beat, 2.7pp above its sector, on 2.0× normal volume.
Verdict — was the move justified?
🟢 Fundamentally supported
Earnings beat — direction and rough magnitude are consistent with the identified fundamental catalyst.
How unusual is this move
σ score
4.0σ
vs own 20d volatility
Percentile
100th
of 1278 daily moves
Avg daily move
±0.9%
own 5y average
vs sector
+2.7%
beyond sector median
Today’s move is among the largest 1% of KMB’s daily moves over the last 5 years — while the sector moved +2.2% and the market +1.2%.
What happened after similar moves
10 similar up moves in KMB’s 5-year history:
After 5 days
+0.6%
60% higher
After 20 days
+1.4%
60% higher
Median of same-direction moves within ±35% magnitude band. Past patterns don’t predict outcomes — context, not signal.
Fundamental context
V 82G 32P 90H 54Q 87EW 35/65
Valuation context
P/E (TTM)
16.9
5y median 24.1
P/E percentile
9%
vs own 5y history
FCF yield
0.1%
Trading cheaper than 91% of its own historical valuation range.
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